For Pondering and Reflection

St. Philip the Apostle

What good is it to me if this eternal birth of the divine Son takes place unceasingly but does not take place within myself?

What good is it to me if Mary is full of grace and if I am not also full of grace?

What good is it to me for the Creator to give birth to his Son if I do not also give birth to him in my time and my culture?

This, then, is the fullness of time: When the Son of God is begotten in us!

This time before the Winter Feasts, which celebrates God’s manifestation of Himself to humankind, is a time to reflect upon what it is that you believe about God and about human life. What does it mean to you when we say: GOD IS With US?