There is no shortage of “Christmas” Music. It’s all we hear on the radio from Halloween through to Dec 25. I have very intentionally not used any of it as part of my reflection on the season of the Incarnation. Partially because much popular Holiday music has little to do with a life of faith but mostly because Christmas isn’t just a day or a season. Christmas, the coming of God into the world and into our lives is something that helps shape every day, that changes our world beyond a season.
Mary is clear that she sees Jesus’ birth as a revolution; the poor are filled and the rich are sent empty away. John (and Jesus after him) proclaims that the Kingdom of God is at hand, a new rule and new way of life is coming and is closer now then it ever has been, in our hearts and on our lips. (Romans 10:8)