He was created of a mother whom He created. He was carried by hands that He formed. He cried in the manger in wordless infancy. He, the Word, without whom all human eloquence is mute.
Bless us Lord, this Christmas, with quietness of mind; Teach us to be patient and always to be kind.
Best of all, Christmas means a spirit of love, a time when the love of God and the love of our fellow men should prevail over all hatred and bitterness, a time when our thoughts and deeds and the spirit of our lives manifest the presence of God.
Christmas is doing a little something extra for someone.
Christmas is for children. But it is for grownups too. Even if it is a headache, a chore, and nightmare, it is a period of necessary defrosting of chill and hide bound hearts.
Christmas is a necessity. There has to be at least one day of the year to remind us that we're here for something else besides ourselves.
Why are we not grateful to God for filling our stockings with legs?
One can never have enough socks," said Dumbledore. "Another Christmas has come and gone and I didn't get a single pair. People will insist on giving me books.
I am not alone at all, I thought. I was never alone at all. And that, of course, is the message of Christmas. We are never alone. Not when the night is darkest, the wind coldest, the world seemingly most indifferent. For this is still the time God chooses.
Once again, we come to the Holiday Season, a deeply religious time that each of us observes, in his own way, by going to the mall of his choice.
Oh look, yet another Christmas TV special! How touching to have the meaning of Christmas brought to us by cola, fast food, and beer... Who'd have ever guessed that product consumption, popular entertainment, and spirituality would mix so harmoniously?
Fail not to call to mind, in the course of the twenty-fifth of this month, that the Divinest Heart that ever walked the earth was born on that day; and then smile and enjoy yourselves for the rest of it; for mirth is also of Heaven's making.
I truly believe that if we keep telling the Christmas story, singing the Christmas songs, and living the Christmas spirit, we can bring joy and happiness and peace to this world.
Only in souls the Christ is brought to birth, And there He lives and dies.
I stopped believing in Santa Claus when I was six. Mother took me to see him in a department store and he asked for my autograph.
The Christian faith can never be separated from the soil of sacred events, from the choice made by God, who wanted to speak to us, to become man, to die and rise again, in a particular place and at a particular time.
The main reason Santa is so jolly is because he knows where all the bad girls live.
Mail your packages early so the post office can lose them in time for Christmas.
Christmas is built upon a beautiful and intentional paradox; that the birth of the homeless should be celebrated in every home.
Let us remember that the Christmas heart is a giving heart, a wide open heart that thinks of others first.
I once bought my kids a set of batteries for Christmas with a note on it saying, toys not included.
One can never have enough socks
It's true, Christmas can feel like a lot of work, particularly for mothers. But when you look back on all the Christmases in your life, you'll find you've created family traditions and lasting memories. Those memories, good and bad, are really what help to keep a family together over the long haul.
That's the true spirit of Christmas; people being helped by people other than me.
The hinge of history is on the door of a Bethlehem stable.
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