Davilmar Santos

The Christmas Miracle Davilmar Santos

A reflection on The Christmas Miracle "The Word become flesh and dwelt among us." John 1:14In reading the Holy Scripture, we are faced with a significant number of miracles across the two testaments. The title of this theatrical text refers to the miracle of the birth of Jesus, or more specifically, the miracle of the incarnation of the the Son of God for him to live among us. When the Angel Gabriel appears to Mary, a young woman betrothed to Jospeh, he makes it clear that she was recognized by God as worthy to receive the grace of being the mother of Jesus. It is difficult to imagine what she could have thought during that incredible moment of her life. When she asked how she could possibly conceive a child without having ever been intimate with Joseph, the angel told her that "The Holy Spirit will come down to you, and God's power will come over you, so your child will be called The Holy Son of God." In other words, at that moment, the Angel Gabriel had said to her that the conception of that son would be a miracle, since God would be breaking all natural laws of fertilization to accomplish what the prophet Isaiah had proclaimed 700 years before. "Therefore the Lord himself will give you a sign. Behold, the virgin shall conceive and bear a son, and shall call his name Immanuel [which means God is with us]." Isaiah 7:14