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Today on the podcast, Christmas, a celebration of divine access.

Father Peter Armenio, a priest of Opus Day, reflects on why the incarnation is good news of great joy,

and how Christmas is ultimately a celebration of radical access to God.

In the name of the Father and of the Son of the Holy Spirit, amen.

My Lord and my God, I firmly believe that you are here,

that you see me, that you hear me.

I adore you with profound reverence.

I ask your pardon for my sins and the grace to make this time of prayer fruitful.

My immaculate Mother St. Joseph, my Father and Lord, my guardian angel, and to seed for me.

We focus our attention on Jesus in the tabernacle, that we can take the liberty to call a manger,

a manger that lodges the blessed sacrament.

The word Bethlehem is a symbol of our churches and chapels,

because Bethlehem is a Hebrew word that means house of bread,

pointing to the Eucharist.

And manger comes from a Latin word manducata, or the French word manjjay, or the French word manjjay, or the Italian word manjada.

He was laid in an apparatus from which animals ate again,

another Eucharistic symbol,

and it falls into line with my topic,

the appearance of divine access love is all about access love is all about availability love is all about serving the person.

And Act 1 of Jesus' life prompted adoration

because that divinity was especially hidden within the package of a newborn infant.

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