Why does Jesus come to us as a baby?

A reflection for Christmas on the method and meaning of the Incarnation.

Transcript

00:00 A blessed Christmas to you and to all of your family on this glorious day when Jesus Christ,

00:09 the Son of God, is among us in the flesh, Emmanuel, God with us.

00:15 Why does Jesus choose to come to us as a baby?

00:21 He could come as a warrior, he could come as a great general, he comes as an infant,

00:25 as a newborn.

00:27 Why?

00:28 Because babies aren't scary.

00:33 And Jesus wants us to be free from all fear so that we can draw close from him and receive

00:41 from him everything that he wants to give us as he takes flesh and comes to dwell among

00:48 us.

00:49 He wants our first impression of him to be of one who does not judge.

00:56 Jesus is here to be with us in our need, in our suffering, in our sorrow.

01:03 He's here to redeem us.

01:05 He comes as our Savior.

01:07 He comes as our Lord to love us and to assure us that his grace and his peace is meant to

01:17 penetrate every part of our life.

01:20 We can be certain of that.

01:22 And also, children are what we are called to be.

01:28 The babies bring out the best in us.

01:32 And Jesus is going to say when he can speak, "Unless you change and become like a little

01:36 child, you cannot enter into the kingdom of heaven."

01:42 Jesus comes as a baby precisely to get us ready for our life with him in heaven.

01:48 And it starts right now on this glorious Christmas day, this Christmas season.

01:53 May the joy of heaven be with you and your family around the Christmas tree and around

01:58 the Christmas table.

02:00 Many blessings to you and prayers from all of us at the Alatea family.

02:05 Amen.