1 John 2:29 - 3:6 / John 1:29-34
The celebration of Christmas continues even after Christmas Day, though the world has gone into New Year celebrations and preparing for other festive celebrations.
Yes, there is the “12 Days of Christmas” and weekdays of the Christmas time.
That is to help us meditate and reflect on the mystery of Christmas, the mystery of the Incarnation, the mystery of the Word made flesh, the mystery of the Emmanuel.
The mystery that is not just celebrated on Christmas Day, but a mystery that is revealed and keeps revealing.
The 1st reading invites us to think of the love that the Father has lavished on us, by letting us be called God’s children.
Jesus, the Son of God, came to reveal the love of God our Father, and to let us be God’s children.
That is a deep mystery and a reality that need to be meditated and reflected upon in order to understand it.
When we understand it, then we need to live out that mystery in our lives.
John the Baptist was a witness who prepared the way for Jesus.
We are more than witnesses. We are children of God, and we call God our Father, because Jesus had made us God’s children.
As God’s children, let us be like God who is love.
When we love as God loves us, then we continue the celebration of Christmas in our lives.