"A CHILD (Toddler) HAS BEEN BORN TO US, A SON HAS BEEN GIVEN TO US." (Is. 22)

NB Within the most solemn and important festivities of the one, holy, catholic and apostolic Church, the nativity of the Eternal Word is one of those very important liturgical jewels where prudence and wisdom are admired when manifested in a tender and worthy way. to be loved by humanity wounded by original sin and so distant from the eternal homeland that any access to eternal bliss was impossible for us. To all my readers I once again wish you a MERRY CHRISTMAS. " Let us ask, then, the Infant who has been born to grant us to admire, love and imitate this Christmas, in such a way that it is given to us to reach the contemplation of the eternal generation. amen."

But why are we given a Parvulito? If a God as immense were given to man, is it not true that the sinner would have feared more Him who rebukes everything? And if God had been given to us as eloquent, would the prisoner not have feared the wisdom of him who searches all things? And finally, if God had come surrounded by angelic armies, is it not true that miserable man would have been ashamed of belonging to the society of angels? And all the more so since, as it is said in the Lamentations, the angels, seeing the ignominy ... of the man, would have despised him. Well then; The man thus needy, what  could he long for, but for a Little Boy to be born to avoid the terror of being punished, an “infant” Child, or without speech, to avoid the terror of being scolded, and a poor and lonely Child? to avoid the terror of being despised? Such was the desire what; Making it his own, the Church evoked these words from the Song of Songs, c.8: Who would give me that you were my brother, suckled at my mother's breasts? He writes them down and tries to expose them. Where we must notice that a Little Baby is born so that we receive him as we wish, and we are given a Son so that the one we needed could be ours. Is he not the same one who fills your desires with good things? ¿overall what do I say full? He also exceeds them. Look, if not, at the peace of Christ, which surpasses all intelligence. And what  was your wish, oh Adam!? Did you not wish to be like God? And you, proud Lucifer, did you not want to be like the Most High? From what I see, your desire to be gods still could not fit. The creature, in fact, never dared to be equal to God. Here, in the birth of the Son of God, on the contrary, we are faced with a desire above all desire, since in the incarnation God is man and man is God. And can there be anything sweeter, kinder, and inspiring greater hope?

Man had offended God, and God seemed to hate man and became merciless toward him. But now, having become human, God will either love man or hate God, since man is God. Likewise, man, thrown out of paradise, lived in exile; but now either man will enter paradise or God will be expelled from it, since man is God. And lastly, man was a captive of the devil; but now either man will be brought out of his captivity or God will be subjected to it, as man is God. But to say such nonsense about God is not possible: then it is necessary for man to be liberated, repatriated and reconciled. Perhaps all our desires are not surpassed here? In view of which, we will conclude that there is no object of love so sweet as the birth of Christ.

And finally, let us return the effective power to the birth of the Savior as an example, since there is no imitable Thing as beneficial as him. You will be able to see that this is so in the clear light of the said birth, which is described by the angel in Saint: Luke, c.2: “He announced to you a great joy that is for all the people: Today the Savior has been born to you. And you will have this as a sign: You will find an Infant wrapped in swaddling clothes.” Observe this sign and do not depart from it if you want to be more virtuous, for in it you are shown what is good. In fact, he warns of two things: flight with respect to vanity and example with respect to virtue. Firstly, upon seeing the divine Infant thus circumstantiated, you are taught to flee vanity. And in what do they glory who, becoming vain, pursue vanity? Truly, some put their glory in the sciences, others in riches, others in honors and others in powers. On this account there are those who, like the rich, like the first seats at banquets, or who, like the magnates, seek the first seats in the synagogues, or who, like those puffed up by the smoke of science, want to be called teachers by men. But look at the manger, and you will see virtue and vanity in opposition: you will find, I say, against the vanity of sciences, the Little Infant, who, discarding loquacity, does not say a word; against the vanity of riches, the Little Infant, wrapped, no longer in skins or cloth or a piece of cloth, but in swaddling clothes, or, rather, in multiple rags that taste of destitution, and against the vanity of dignities and honors, to the Little Infant, reclining in the manger at the feet of the animals, Look, then, at the most wise man mute: Shame on foolish loquacity! Look at the most opulent indigent: ¡Let the greedy abundance be ashamed! And look there at the most high reclining: ¡Let proud vileness be ashamed!

But consider, O man, secondly, what you have to imitate. You have before your eyes the sign for the virtues. And what does Christ teach you? What does the entire Gospel proclaim? What is sacred doctrine aimed at if not to establish purity in the flesh, poverty in possession, and humility in the soul? Look here at the goal to which the three evangelical councils are ordered. If you seek, in fact, purity, you will be able to find it in the sign that is given to you: You will find an Infant. The reason is because, although the wise man says that there is no one on earth who does good and does not sin, even if he is a day-old child, it is nevertheless given to us to find a man in whom there was no sin, in whose mouth no deception was found. And if you seek poverty, look at the sign for it: The Infant wrapped in swaddling clothes; and if humility, look at the sign that leads you to it: To the Infant reclining in the manger. These three virtues, purity, poverty and humility, are the three midwives, skilled in his craft, who received the Savior from the womb of the Virgin Mother on the day of his birth. In fact, purity received him, which is indicated when it is said. You will find the Infant. He welcomed him with poverty by dressing him in rags, and this is signified by adding: To the infant wrapped in swaddling clothes ; and, finally, humility received him, collecting him in the narrowness of the manger, as we are given to understand when it concludes: You will find the Infant reclining in the manger. Let us ask, then, the Infant who has been born to grant us the opportunity to admire, love and imitate this Christmas, in such a way that it is given to us to reach the contemplation of the eternal generation . amen.

R. P. ARTURO VARGAS MEZA