Monday, 12/23/13
Everywhere we hear
people asking, “Are you ready for Christmas?”
We hear such answers
as: “Almost, I still need to thaw out that turkey,” or, “No, I still need to
fight the crowds for last minute shopping,” or, “We have the car gassed up. We
are driving to Alabama for Christmas.”
In these closing
days of Advent, the Church puts the example of John the Baptist before us. His
whole life was summed up in the expression, “Prepare ye the way of the Lord.”
By all his
preaching, but much more by his life, he prepared for the coming of the Lord.
The Bible repeatedly
compared John to Elijah. Both dressed in animal skins. Elijah lived off what
the birds brought him, while John lived on locusts and wild honey.
John was happy when his
disciples complained of the growing popularity of Jesus. He said, “He must
increase, while I must decrease.”
We must get ready
for Christmas by shrinking our egos down to where we can snuggle up close to
the manger.
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