AN UNEXPECTED CHRISTMAS

This was so not like other times! Gabriel had appeared to Mary and Zacharias. Joseph just had a dream but to this group of average working class men, both the Angel of the LORD and a heavenly host appeared! It was the day kings, prophets and wise men and all the angels had longed for! It was the night of nights, the main event, the really big show! It was the most incredible moment in human history but the invitations were sent exclusively to humble shepherds! NO ONE EXPECTED THAT!TEXT; Luke 2:1-20SONGS; Noel, He Is Born, Tommee Proffit, O Holy Night, David Crowder, Silent Night, Chris TomlinAn Unexpected Christmashttps://youtu.be/TM1XusYVqNYWill there be Christmas?Of course!More silent and with more depth.More like unto the first one, when Jesus was born in solitude.Without many lights on earthbut with the star of Bethlehemshining on paths of life in its immensity.Without colossal royal processionsbut with the humility of feeling as if we areshepherds, young and old, seeking the Truth.Without big tables and with bitter absencesbut with the presence of a God who will fill everything.Will there be Christmas?Of course!Without streets overflowing with peoplewith our hearts burningfor the One who is about to arrive.Without noise or festivals,complaints or stampedes …but living the Mystery without fearof the “COVID-Herod” that tries torob us even of the dream of waiting.There will be Christmas because GOD is on our sideand He shares, as Christ did in a manger,our poverty, trials, tears, anguish and orphanhood.There will be Christmas because we needa divine light in the midst of such darkness.COVID-19 will never be able to reach the heart or soulof those who put their hope and their high ideal in heaven.THERE WILL BE CHRISTMAS! WE WILL SING CHRISTMAS CAROLS!GOD WAS BORN ON EARTH AND HE BROUGHT US THE HOPE OF OUR SALVATION. (J. Leoz)