Every year, LSN asks its writers to write Christmas reflections before we break for the holiday, and normally, it’s not a problem for me. This year, however, was different.
Between the animals mooing and braying around the Infant, the shepherds arriving hastily in a crowd, and the multitude of angels singing glory to God in the highest, Bethlehem seems to have erupted in a near-symphony of joyful Noise that first Christmas.
As I reflect on Perpetua’s short life and her much too short stay with us, I am reminded of a verse from Scripture that seems to describe her relationship to our family: 'And a little child shall lead them…'
'Today, we again need God's grace and supernatural courage to publicly live out the Church's teaching on marriage, the family, and human sexuality,' the archbishop writes in his annual Christmas message.
'When we see a same-sex couple with their child smiling at reindeer, or an LGBT advocate in a parade as a snowman, remember, Christmas is for LGBT families, too.'