Image credit: The Flight to Egypt, Josep Maria Tamburin.
Shamelessly pinched from J.R.'s Art Place
...in the birth of Jesus, we glimpse the fundamental decision that would guide the entire life of the Son of God, even to his death on the cross: the decision not to leave us under the burden of sin, but to bear it himself for us, to take it upon himself. He alone could do so. At the same time, however, he showed us what we alone can do, which is to take on our own share of responsibility. Indeed, God, who created us without us, will not save us without us (cf. Saint Augustine, Sermon 169, 11, 13), that is, without our free will to love. Those who do not love are not saved; they are lost. And those who do not love their brother or sister whom they see, cannot love God whom they do not see (cf. 1 Jn 4:20).
~Leo XIV, Urbi et Orbi blessing, Christmas 2025
To watch: I've discovered that several families I know watch Rick Steves' European Christmas every year.
To read: Incarnation Wonder
