Jump for joy this Christmas!
21 December Luke 1:39-45 Mary, after having learned that Elizabeth would bear a child, proceeded in haste to assist her in her home which was about 120 miles from Nazareth. When Elizabeth saw her, the baby in her womb leapt for joy. In the book of the prophet Zephaniah, he called out on the people to rejoice with incomparable gladness because the Lord repealed his sentence, his kingship will dwell again in Israel, and he would drive its enemies away. After the conception of Jesus in the womb of the Blessed Mother, what are the conditions of us jumping for joy given this Christmas? Christmas is truly a time to jump for joy when we learn these three realities: First, "Emmanuel". God is with us every moment of our lives to the minute detail. Let's rejoice because our deliverer is always with us. We experience eternal security in the presence of the Lord. He is truly a loving God who dwells with us forever. Second, conversion. We sha...