Incarnated Jesus - Bread,
Life and Love
Introduction
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It is the time of a wish fulfillment, time to
receive the gifts of God that we praying for in the nine day simbang gabi masses.
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Story of a child who wished for a bicycle – he
received it on the last of the novena mass. He took the baby Jesus after the
night vigil mass and went – parish priest were worried because the statue of
baby Jesus is missing in the Crib – the child brought the statue just before
the morning mass – why? – ‘I promised him a free ride in my new bicycle’.
Content
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Christmas is a feast of bread
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Bethlehem means the ‘house of bread’.
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Jesus was born in a Manger and the word manger
is repeated thrice. Manger is a place the food of the cattle and livestock is
kept for consumption.
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Jesus became the bread of life in the Christmas
to help us to attain salvation.
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In the Eucharist, Jesus becomes bread again for
our nourishment.
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Christmas is the feast of life
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We live in a culture of death. In everyday newspapers
we read the happenings against life like massacres, gun shots, rapes, abuses,
etc. In some countries the abortion is legal. Some are trying to make Euthanasia
a legal act.
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In John’s gospel we read that the Word came as
the life of the world (Jn 1).
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Jesus
incarnated to destroy death, the greatest of all evil that annihilates the life
itself. He overcame death through resurrection.
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Feast of love
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(Phil 2: 6-7) He emptied himself because of the
love towards us.
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God so loved the world that he gave his only
son.
Conclusion
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While we celebrate Christmas, God calls us to
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Be the bread though offering ourselves for
others and nourishing our dear and near ones.
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Stand for life and support it at any cost.
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Practice the self-emptying and sacrificing love.
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Wish you a merry Christmas.
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