December 22, 2003
Meditations on the Birth of Christ IV: The Weakness of God
This is a classic passage in the book Life of Christ by Fulton Sheen. It’s an excellent look at Jesus’ life, as you will see from this passage. Here, Sheen is writing about the infant Jesus:
No worldly mind would ever have suspected that He Who could make the sun warm the earth would one day have need of an ox and an ass to warm Him with their breath; that He Who, in the language of Scriptures, could stop the turning about of Arcturus would have His birthplace dictated by an imperial census; the He, Who clothed the fields with grass, would Himself be naked; that He, from Whose hands come planets and worlds, would one day have tiny arms that were not long enough to touch the huge heads of the cattle; that the feed which trod the everlasting hills would one day be too weak to walk; that the Eternal Word would be dumb; that Omnipotence would be wrapped in swaddling clothes; that Salvation would lie in a manager; that the bird which built the nest would be hatched therein – no one would have ever suspected that God coming to this earth would ever be so helpless. And that is precisely why so many miss Him. Divinity is always where one least expects to find it.
Remember the baby Jesus as we think of those in our society who need our help as Christ did and does. Let’s also pray for all of those who miss Him that the weakness with which Christ entered the world would not be a deterrent.
God bless,
Jay
PS: Life of Christ by Sheen is another highly recommended book, in case I didn’t mention it before!
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