St. Paul most fittingly describes the birth of Jesus in these words: “Though he was in the form of God, Jesus did not regard equality with God something to be grasped. Rather, he emptied himself, taking the form of a slave, being born in human likeness” (Phil 2: 5-6). About himself one of the things Jesus said was: “The son of man did not come to be served, but to serve and to give his life as a ransom for many” (Mt 20: 28). Loving service is the mark of every true Christian. St. Paul exhorts us to have a mind like that of Christ Jesus who humbled himself to serve.
It is not easy to humble oneself and to serve others, especially to serve those whom we consider unworthy! May Jesus who came to serve the most unworthy, who sought to save sinners even by dying for them, enrich us this Christmas by making us share in his mind.
All of us here at the Lourd Mata Mandir wish you a very happy and holy Christmas, and pray that through the intercession of the Mother of God you may receive grace upon grace so that your life may become one of loving service to God’s children, “something beautiful for God” as Mother Teresa used to say.
