Christmas – Mass at Midnight (ABC)

INTRO: AHHHH Merry Christmas everybody!

Every year at Christmas, people everywhere are giving gifts. In our family HOME it was a crazy MESS. We kids were always going at its full speed ahead the see what was wrapped up for us!

There was Laughing, screaming, crying, ripping, thanking, and kissing… a bit of bedlam!

There was PAPER all over in our living room. It was MESSY, but, in a way a happy mess!

Today our world is MESSY, but, even before COVID-19!

JESUS was born into this world 2,021 years ago that had its own MESS and our world continues to have its own MESS today.

JESUS CHRIST was born into a land
• where poverty reigned
• where people were oppressed
• Where prejudices between races were present and ugly.

But His birth 2,021 years ago helped us to begin to look at ourselves differently and to look at the world with redeemed hope:

Because of HIM we learned and were gifted with beautiful charitable eyes to see that our land around us is NOT PERFECT,
It is a bit messy…
But…. We are the followers of JESUS CHRIST who now look at all people as our siblings:
We are accommodating refugees,
Immigrants,
The impoverished
We try to accept those who live life with a creed different than ours.

We know that REFORM in the world, is needed, but we do not give up. We continue to live our lives, like Jesus, becoming considerate and accepting people and a messy world to make a better reformed world.

Yes, JESUS’S birth does that to us. He came to us in a messy stable and manger, but it did not stop Him from redeeming us, raising us up to live in His image.

CONCLUSION

We come to this Christmas Mass to honor and give praise to the SAVIOR…. To the ONE who taught us how to live well in His image …. To receive Him in nourishment so that He can lead us to live better lives.

Merry Christmas!