Denver Catholic

14 DECEMBER 2020 | DENVER CATHOLIC • DECKS • SUN ROOMS • PATIO COVERS • GARAGES • BASEMENTS • BATHROOMS parishioner Matthew Alderman c. 720.217.1263 w. 303.495.2777 aldermanbuilders.com Additions · Remodels · Main Floor Masters FREE CONSULTATION M A S S D U R I N G T H E DAY: CO N T E M P L ATI N G T H E M Y S T E RY O F T H E I N C A R N ATI O N The last Mass of Christmas occurs during the full light of day. With our minds now illuminated by the Light of Christ, our focus now shifts to the mystery of the Incarnation and to Divine Generation. The Entrance Antiphon proclaims" "A child is born for us, and a son is given to us; his scepter of power rests upon his shoulder, and his name will be called Messenger of great counsel." At the Collect we pray: "O God, who wonderfully created the dignity of human nature and still more wonderfully restored it, grant, we pray, that we may share in the divinity of Christ, who hum- bled himself to share in our humanity." Christ was born for us, so that we may share in his divine majesty. This theme is empha- sized in the Gospel of this Mass, where we shift from the narrative of the birth of Jesus found in Luke to the prologue of the Gospel of John. "In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God... And the Word became flesh and made his dwelling among us, and we saw his glory." This child that we have waited in anticipation for, that the angels announced, and that the A child is born for us, and a son is given to us." shepherds made known to others, is the Word, who is God, made flesh. To we who accept him, he gives power to "become the Children of God." This child born for us has made us children of the Father. As we enter into the Christmas Season, let us contemplate the Incarnation through the lens of the Christmas Masses, and come to rec- ognize the wonder of being a child of God. Photo by Daniel Petty

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