Cycle A First Lesson Sermons for Advent, Christmas, and Epiphany
Ask any child at Christmas!
There are three ways to look at a Christmas package. The first is to look forward to it. This is best accomplished by squeezing it, shaking it, and guessing its contents by its weight. The second is to open it. Here, anticipation turns to knowledge as layers of wrapping paper, tape, and tissue are torn away and the contents laid bare. And finally there is the memory stage. This happens when you take the gift out of the box and put it on or put it to use over the years of your life and experience just what it can do.
