Christmas Homily 2021

What's the meaning of Christmas?  Is the day intended to honor the blond haired, blue eyed baby we imagine was laid in a tidy little manger all those years ago?  No.  Christmas is a reminder of our baptismal call.  Just as Christ came to bring grace, peace, and salvation to the world, by our baptism we are called to continue that work 21 centuries later.  No, Christmas isn't the occasion to celebrate the birth of a child again.  It's to remind us that that child should be born in us every day and he should be shared with the world through our day-to-day actions.  Maybe, just maybe, in doing so our world will see the transformation God intended in sending his only son.