A worldwide celebration; but many hardly realize that behind the routine celebrations of these days, there is a truth of doctrine and life about our very existence - the truth about God who became man, a truth which has been and still is contested by many and forgotten by others. It is not easy for us humans to come to terms with this truth: that the God we believe in became man and was like us mortal humans in time and space. As Christians we believe that we were made for happiness. The fear of death has been swallowed up. Life brings us joy with the promise of eternal happiness. Even in celebrating, however, we are deeply aware that life's hardships weigh upon us and our beliefs. Wise thinkers have always taught that happiness can come only as a by-product of the search for something eternal. Our deepest desires can only be fulfilled by something eternal - God. Jesus, born among men has definetely given a human face to God; wiping away all false perceptions and images which conditioned over time the shape of religions and of faith itself. Showing us who God is, Jesus disclosed to humanity the true nature and complexity of humanness. It is in Jesus, the true image of God, that we discover who we are. The Infant-God pledges for us all, to use Isaiah's words, that for those walking in darkness, the promise of light never deludes.
