LIVE IT TODAY: Thursday, December 25, 2025 | Solemnity of the Nativity of the Lord
I have entered your darkness as Light, and nothing you face can overcome Me.
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LIVE IT TODAY: Thursday, December 25, 2025 | Solemnity of the Nativity of the Lord
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GOD’S DECLARATION TO YOU TODAY
I have entered your darkness as Light, and nothing you face can overcome Me.
INVOCATION
Come, Holy Spirit! Through the intercession of Our Blessed Mother Mary, open my heart to hear and receive all that You desire for me. Draw me ever more deeply into the Love and Life of the Blessed Trinity!
GOSPEL | John 1:1-18
In the beginning was the Word,
and the Word was with God,
and the Word was God.
He was in the beginning with God.
All things came to be through him,
and without him nothing came to be.
What came to be through him was life,
and this life was the light of the human race;
the light shines in the darkness,
and the darkness has not overcome it.
A man named John was sent from God.
He came for testimony, to testify to the light,
so that all might believe through him.
He was not the light,
but came to testify to the light.
The true light, which enlightens everyone, was coming into the world.
He was in the world,
and the world came to be through him,
but the world did not know him.
He came to what was his own,
but his own people did not accept him.
But to those who did accept him
he gave power to become children of God,
to those who believe in his name,
who were born not by natural generation
nor by human choice nor by a man’s decision
but of God.
And the Word became flesh
and made his dwelling among us,
and we saw his glory,
the glory as of the Father’s only Son,
full of grace and truth.
John testified to him and cried out, saying,
“This was he of whom I said,
‘The one who is coming after me ranks ahead of me
because he existed before me.’”
From his fullness we have all received,
grace in place of grace,
because while the law was given through Moses,
grace and truth came through Jesus Christ.
No one has ever seen God.
The only Son, God, who is at the Father’s side,
has revealed him.
EVERY DAY QUESTION
What struck you? Challenged you? Inspired you? What questions did it raise?
GOING DEEPER
The eternal Word did not hover above us—He moved in and made His home.
Christmas does not begin with sentiment, but with eternity. John’s prologue reaches behind the manger and tells us that before there was time, there was the Word. This is not poetry for poetry’s sake; it is a theological earthquake. The child we celebrate today is not simply born into history—history itself is born through Him.
When John says the Word “made his dwelling among us,” he uses the Greek verb eskēnōsen, meaning “to pitch a tent.” This deliberately echoes Israel’s tabernacle in the wilderness, where God dwelt among His people in cloud and fire. Now the dwelling is not canvas and wood, but flesh and blood. God does not merely visit humanity; He moves in.
The light shines in the darkness, and the darkness has not overcome it. The word translated “overcome” also means “to grasp” or “to comprehend.” Darkness could not extinguish the Light—but it also could not understand Him. This explains why Christmas is both consoling and unsettling. God comes near, yet not on our terms. He arrives gentle, hidden, vulnerable—easy to miss if we are looking for spectacle.
Here is the paradox that undoes the Enemy’s oldest lie: glory does not arrive through domination, but through self-gift. Power does not shout; it dwells. Salvation does not coerce; it invites.
This Gospel places extraordinary dignity on ordinary family life. God chose to reveal Himself through a household. That choice forever sanctifies marriage, parenting, and the daily rhythms of home. The domestic church becomes the place where the Word continues to dwell—through forgiveness practiced, truth spoken aloud, and love persevered when it is costly.
Light does not defeat darkness by argument, but by presence. Grace does not bypass weakness; it inhabits it.
This Christmas, we parents are called to reclaim our role as spiritual leaders not by perfection, but by faithfulness. We build saint-forming homes by naming the Light and rejecting the whispers of the Enemy that tell us we are failing, alone, or unworthy. We speak truth aloud. We pray over our children by name in the power of the Holy Spirit. We invite Jesus to pitch His tent again within our walls and trust—often against our feelings—that grace will always exceed our limits.
“The Word became flesh for us in order to save us by reconciling us with God.” (CCC 457)
LIFE APPLICATION QUESTIONS
In My Heart: Where have I believed the lie that God is distant rather than dwelling with me?
In My Home: How can our family make more room for the presence of Christ in ordinary moments?
In My World: Where is God asking me to carry His light into places of confusion or darkness?
FAMILY LIVE IT
Make some time today to gather together and, going around, share one place where you have seen light break into darkness this season.
Then, one by one, pray over each person by name, asking for an outpouring of grace to know God’s love personally, freedom from the whispers and lies of the Enemy, strength to overcome temptation, and joy in living the Gospel concretely each day.
Daily Challenge: Boldly speak one truth of faith aloud in your home today—especially where fear, discouragement, or distraction tries to take root.
DAILY PARENT & GRANDPARENT BLESSING
LORD JESUS CHRIST, let Your holy anointing be upon each of our children, grandchildren, and godchildren this day and week, including all to whom they are called in vocation, and all future generations! In Your Sacred Name we claim them for You! We renounce all whispers, lies, and influences of the Enemy! We pray right now that each know Your loving Presence, be forged in virtue, and be flooded with an abundance of Your Holy Spirit to live fully their identity and mission in You now and through all eternity, through the intercession of our Blessed Mother! Amen.
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GOING VERTICAL
“Be still and know that I am God.” Psalm 46:10
Just as the vertical beam upholds the horizontal beam of the Cross, so too does undistracted, dedicated daily turning to God as our lifeblood uphold and strengthen every part of life. Start with just three minutes. Wait patiently for the breakthrough beyond the noise. Let Him speak.
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