By Sister Catherine Cleary, OSB
Christmas Readings: Is( 62:11-12) (Titus 3:4-7), Gospel (Lk 2:15-20)
Jesus Christ the infant was laid in a crib in a stable, warmed by straw and the breath of the animals, sung to by the angels, adored by his parents, shepherds and Kings. It all seems so unreal, so unlike today’s blue and pink nurseries furnished with teddy bears, cribs, books and mobiles.
So we ask was Jesus really human? Did he cry, want milk, to be changed, to be held? Or did Matthew and Luke write a fiction? Continue Reading