As we celebrate the Mystery of the Incarnation of God is Jesus Christ, we must not forget that, as fellow children of God and brothers and sisters of Jesus, we are intended to live out and carry forward the same Mystery in ourselves. Rest and rejoice this season in the fact that each of us also carries the light of Divine Love, a fact which our contemplative practice helps us embody! Consider the following insight from Fr. John O’Donohue:
The body is a sacrament . . . a visible sign of invisible grace. . . . All our inner life and intimacy of soul longs to find an outer mirror. It longs for a form in which it can be seen, felt, and touched. The body is the mirror where the secret world of the soul comes to expression. The body is a sacred threshold; and it deserves to be respected, minded, and understood in its spiritual nature. . . . The body is the temple of the Holy Spirit. [See 1 Corinthians 6:19.].