Year of Faith 05: On Jesus

Year of Faith 05: On Jesus! One reflection will not be enough on Jesus. Let his catechism be on His Incarnation as God's ultimate saving action.We believe that Jesus is true man and true God. He is the Son of God and Mary. He is one Person of the Trinity and He was born of the Virgin Mary. God decided to save us through the death and resurrection of His Son. To initiate this, the Son should become

 like us, human. Thus, the greatest act of humility no word can ever express happened. We call it "Incarnation" but it is not enough to appreciate what God had done through His Son. He was God but became one like us! Analogous but very much short in meaning is when a man decide to become an insect. Even if true, it would never come near the truth of the Incarnation.

That is the essence of what we celebrate in December. Christmas. it is unfortunate that Christmas had been masked with so many different faces. Many other things had occupied center stage during that season; Santa Claus, pine trees, gifts, clothes, new things, food, dresses, carols, and even relations. But Christmas is Jesus humbling Himself for us. Christmas is God's initiating the work of salvation which would culminate in calvary. Jesus is the reason for the season of Christmas.