January 3
“People can pass thirty nights in dancing and no one complains about it, but if they watch through a single Christmas night they cough and claim their stomach is upset the next morning. Does anyone fail to see that the world is an unjust judge, gracious and well disposed to its own children but harsh and rigorous towards the children of God?”
-St. Francis de Sales
Today's Reflection:
Christmas exposes the contrast between the values of the world and the life of faith. While the world readily celebrates its own pleasures, devotion to Christ is often met with impatience or resistance. Yet the Child born in Bethlehem invites us to choose love over comfort and faithfulness over ease.
This Christmas, where might the Lord be asking you to remain steadfast in your devotion to Him, even when it costs you something?
