It's a little secret we have! While the world shifts gloomy eyes from candlelight to gray skies, and stores tear down red and green for red and pink hearts, we still revel. We still cherish. We still rejoice, and we do not take our gaze from the Little One who rests in Mary's arms. We have been given the gift of many days of celebration! Many days of quiet and peace and knowledge, no matter the madness of the world. What a precious secret to keep. Jesus said we are not to be of this world, and it is times like this when his truth is not a cross, but a balm. For his graces are beyond, beyond, beyond any pleasure this world might conjure up. Spurn the world its gloom!
Dear Infant Jesus, abide with us. Rest in our hearts. Do not let us flee from you. Do not let the world pull us from our worship. Keep our gaze.
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