The Event of Christmas

The Event of Christmas by Michael Sean Winters

My response:

To do the New Evangelization, the Bishops must first reestablish its teaching credibility, which requires new ventures in humility that I don't see some of them making. Even now, there is resistance to the Dallas norms and some bishops reject Faithful Citizenship as not binding on them, nor the determination not to use the Body of Christ as a political weapon. Seeking a conscience right not available to other employers is also not a move which inspires confidence in the messengers, unless you are seeking a New Evangelization based on the threat of Hell.

As to the signifance of the Infancy narrative, the key verse in the entire story is that Mary treasured all these things and saved them in her heart and how this relates to how Jesus understood his divinity and how this relates to the story of salvation. Understanding how Jesus experienced these events as a person, rather than as an icon, is key to an adult understanding of both these events and morality as a whole. I don't believe that the bishops are ready to take this step either.

Be that as it may, Happy Christmas! There is hope in the engagement over the New Evangelization - with the Spirit working in ways that the Bishops cannot contain, and should not try to.