'The only really effective apologia for Christianity comes down to two arguments, namely the saints the Church has produced and the art which has grown in her womb.' Cardinal Joseph Ratzinger
Meditating on the mystery of our redemption will help us enter into the mystery of Christ’s Nativity in the way in which He wishes, namely, rejoicing in the salvation He came to accomplish.
What will be different this Christmas is that I shall pray that the Infant King will grant me the strength to love Him as do those brave souls, who have – and are yet to do so – witnessed to Christ in the manger through their suffering and death.