“GOD IS WITH US”:
A HOMILY WRITTEN THE WEEK BEFORE CHRISTMAS Fr. Peter Kavanaugh
“God is in the manger, wealth in poverty, light in darkness, succor in abandonment.”
Dietrich Bonhoeffer wrote these words to his wife from his prison cell, one dark Advent night. In hunger and abandonment, the young theologian discovered a fresh wonder at Christmas. Christ was born into poverty. Christ was born into h unger. Christ was born in darkness, cold, and ugliness. Forever after, this means that God is with us in our poverty. God is with us in our ugliness. God is with us, at e very moment, in all His splendor and beauty. No matter how dark the world becomes, God is with us. 14 November - December 2023
