HOMILY OF THE NATIVITY OF JESUS CHRIST (CHRISTMAS) — YEAR A
HOMILY OF THE NATIVITY OF JESUS CHRIST (CHRISTMAS) — YEAR A
HOMILY THEME: “THE WORD BECAME FLESH, HE LIVED AMONG US…”
BY: Bishop Anthony Ewherido
Vigil: Is. 62:1-5, Acts 13:16-17. 22-25, Matt. 1:1-25
Midnight Mass: Is. 9:1-7, Titus 2:11-14, Lk. 2:1-14
Mass at Dawn: Is. 62:11-12, Titus 3:3-7, Lk. 2:15-20
Mass during the day: Is. 52:7-10, Heb. 1:1-6, Jn. 1:1-18
Last night at Mass, the Liturgy presented Christ, the new born king and Messiah, as the light that puts an end to the darkness in our world, by ushering in justice, peace and order, with the titles: “wonder-Counselor, Mighty-God, Eternal-Father, Prince of Peace” and Son of David. He is God’s grace that is poured into the world so that we may give glory to God and experience true peace on earth.
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The Mass at dawn celebrates the blessing that Christmas is to us, God’s “Holy People, The Lord’s Redeemed,” who are so blessed because of God’s merciful love and faithfulness and who must now encounter that child and new born King anew and be heralds of the good news of God’s saving grace, in Christ, to the world around us. The Mass during the day encourages us to be true and enthusiastic bearers of that good news because of the peace, happiness, joy and the salvation it bears, so that through us, “all the ends of the earth” may “see the salvation of our God.” The second focus for the day is the portrait of the new born King: He is the perfect image and reflection of the Father, through whom God communicates to humanity directly and unmediated by means of the mystery of the Incarnation, “he became flesh.” He became flesh to live amongst us so we become God’s children too. He took our human nature in order to brings us to share in his divinity. In him, we have grace and truth, two important things that we need on our journey to full communion with the Father. If he became one of us, it is so that we may become true images and reflections of the portrait we have painted of him thus far in our world, in order to make him ever more present in our families, churches and communities. That is how Christmas becomes more meaningful in a darkened and broken world that offers little or no hope for the future. He is our hope and he is our joy. Let us celebrate him because in him we have life.
Christ, God made man and source of life, fill us with your love, joy and peace at Christmas and always. Amen.
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