Merry Christmas
December 25, 2024
The Nativity of Jesus, Gerard van Honthorst; 1620
THE HUMAN RACE is divided into two teams. Everyone is on one team or the other.
They are Team God and Team Anti-God.
The first is made up of fools and the un-cool, the sort of people who hear angels speak and see stars glitter with meaning. The truth is a sacred dagger to them that cuts to the heart.
The second is made up of the beautiful people, scoffers who boast of their love and warmth. Their love is the carapace of their anti-love. They despise spiritual athleticism and wouldn’t give God two nickels if he asked, which he has, again and again.
Be the un-cool. Be a fool. Dwell in the hidden recesses of your imagination in that stable-cave of ancient fame and strive for the simplicity of the shepherds and the wisdom of the Kings.
Merry Christmas, dear reader. May this day bring you closer to Jesus, Mary and Joseph in Bethlehem and the eternal mysteries of this wondrous feast. Thank you to those who have supported me in any way this past year.
