Homily for Christmas DayReadings: Isaiah 9:1-7; Psalm 95; Titus 2:11-14; Luke 2:1-1425 December 2021Christmas Blessings to all of us. Gradually, Christians “perceived that Jesus did not become the Son of God through the resurrection but was already the Son of God in his public ministry”. But then they disappear – the magi “went away to their own country” and the shepherds ‘returned’ to their fields. It’s only by focusing on what we miss at Christmas at times of loss, separation and isolation that we know what we treasure as the core of the Christmas message. Fr Frank Brennan SJ is the Rector of Newman College, Melbourne, and the former CEO of Catholic Social Services Australia (CSSA).

Source: The Guardian December 24, 2021 03:17 UTC