I'll be offline till after New Year's but I wanted to wish you all a merry Christmas and a happy new year in advance. Here is a beautiful meditation about what Christmas is really all about, coming from a sermon given several hundred years ago.
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A Nativity Sermon by St. John Chrysostom
Today, January 7, we in the Orthodox church celebrate Christmas. Because of that, I am posting one of my all-time favorite Christmas sermons ever preached. It's by St. John Chrysostom (347-407), the former archbishop of Constantinople. What I love about it is his enthusiasm and excitement over the Birth of Christ and what this magnificent event means to him personally. Merry Christmas everyone!
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