St. Augustine said, “What difference does it make that Christ was born so long ago in Bethlehem, if he be not born in me?”
I have no doubts that the angels of God come to us with the same offer they gave to Mary. Maybe we do not have big angelic visions, and maybe our angels come to us in unexpected ways, in the nudges, whispers, and intuitions given to us; but we, like Mary, are called to say “yes” to God, called to give birth, called to be the means through which Jesus enters this world here and now. We are not here only to commemorate his birth, but to give birth to Jesus in us. We are not here to simply remember what happened in Bethlehem in ancient Israel, but to create Bethlehem in this time and place.
What happened in Bethlehem is a powerful sign and a demonstration of what can happen here, in you and in me, when the love of God brings something good to birth in us. If the Savior can be born in such unlikely circumstances long ago, then he can be born in all the convolutions and complexities of our lives. If he can be born to a virgin, then he can be born in us. All we need to do is say like Mary, “Yes, be it unto me according to your word.”
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