Too Good to be true
May I share with you what I received from my sister Merle of NDV, Angat, Bulacan re what Fr. Horacio de la Costa wrote about the Nativity.
Happy New Year which means renewed faith and hope.
Rudy / Papa / Tito
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TOO GOOD TO BE TRUE
By Horacio de la Costa
Christmas is when we celebrate the unexpected; it is the festival of surprise.
This is the night when shepherds wake to the song of angels;
when the earth has a star for satellite;
when wise men go on a fool’s errand,
bringing gifts to a Prince they have not seen
in a country they do not know.
This is the night when one small donkey bears on his back
the weight of the world’s desire,
and an ox plays host to the Lord of Heaven.
This is the night when we are told to seek our King
not in a palace but in a stable;
and although we have stood here,
year after year, as our father’s before us.
The wonder has not faded
nor will it ever fade;
the wonder of that moment
when we push open the little door,
and enter,
and entering find in the arms of a Mother who is a virgin,
a Baby who is God.
We were promised a Savior
but we never dreamed
that God Himself would come to save us.
We knew that He loved us,
but we have never dared to think
that He loved us so much
as to become like us.
But that is the way God gives.
His gifts are never quite what we expect
but always something better,
something far better than we hoped for.
We can only dream of things too good to be true:
God has a habit of giving things TOO GOOD TO BE FALSE !