Sunday Snippets #12 ------------------- 18Dec94 Forward this Christmas message to a friend! On Christmas ------------- When we speak of Christmas, we mean the day on which the Wisdom of God manifested Itself as a speechless babe and the Word of God was heard in the voice of humankind when it cannot yet utter words. But that divinity, hidden though it was, was revealed to the Magi by a sign in the heavens and announced to the shepherds by the words of angels. With due solemnity, therefore, do we celebrate the anniversary of the day on which were fulfilled the words of the prophesy: "Truth shall spring out of the earth, and righteousness shall look down from heaven" [Psalm 85:11]. The Truth which abides in the bosom of the Father, is sprung out of the earth to be born in the hands of a woman... For I say to you, God was made man. Eternal death would have awaited you, has He not been born in time. Never would you be freed from your sinful flesh, had He not taken to Himself the likeness of sinful flesh... Let us joyfully celebrate the coming of our salvation and redemption. - excerpts from a 5th century Christmas Sermon by Augustine --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Wishing a Holy Christmas to all...have a Happy and Healthy New Year. - MKS --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Sunday Snippets copyright 1994 by G. MacKenzie Strickland. May be freely redistributed (unmodified). Direct requests for a weekly subscription to Snippets, or inquiries about author to --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Snippets are posted on several newsgroups, like Christnet.Writers and Soc.Religion.Christian . They are also sent to over 45 people via automatic distribution. Let me know if you'd rather not receive Snippets. -------------------------------------------------------- file: /pub/resources/text/sunday.snippets: snip94-12.txt .