CHRISTMAS is a season; it goes on and on, at least
until February 2nd, on one level. So don’t let the garbage trucks
determine the length or intensity of your celebration of Christmas! Don’t give
them your untrimmed tree too soon! The longer that jeweled tree can remind you
of Jesus’ birth, death on another tree, Resurrection and Ascension, i.e. the
entire mystery of the season, the better!
On a second level, the Nativity, imaged in the
crib scene, invites us to search for God in the least likely places: among the
poor, the misfits, foreigners and nonbelievers.
And above all, in our humanity! So why would we let the dump trucks or
the storage room rob us of time to simply sit and ponder?
Besides, February 2nd, the Presentation
of Jesus in the Temple, will be here before we want it!
Renee Domeier, OSB
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