Christmas Midnight (2)

The night has a way of telling the truth. When the streets grow quiet, the noise inside us often grows louder. Worries we have kept busy during the day begin to speak. Regrets knock. Hopes feel thin. And so we gather here, in the deep hush of Christmas night, in our own …

Tonight, we gather in joyful anticipation, standing on the threshold of a profound mystery that brings beings from heaven and earth to rejoice—from angels to shepherds, from kings to lowly animals. This is the night when the eternal promise of salvation takes flesh, the …