Sat Dec 24, 2022 – 11:53 am ESTThu Dec 15, 2022 – 1:20 pm EST
(LifeSiteNews) — It wouldn’t be an exaggeration to say that we live in a time of great darkness. Our politicians lie shamelessly and wield tyrannical power, church leaders betray their flocks, and our culture promotes values deeply antagonistic to the Truth that alone can set us free.
It’s a state of things that can cause us to feel deep uncertainty and even fear – even if the more direct challenges of our own lives aren’t enough to trigger anxiety.
And yet, wasn’t it always so?
We know that the Christ Child was born into a time and place fraught with political intrigue, persecution, and danger. In many ways, it was a time not at all dissimilar to our own.
But in our own time, just as then, we are not doomed to struggle through it alone.
This Christmas, I’m reflecting on the fact that the very same Infant Jesus Who came to us on Christmas Day 2,000 years ago in Bethlehem is with us today.
I think it’s worthwhile to remember that both then and now, He didn’t come to create
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