This is Max Locato. You have bills to pay, beds to make, and grass to cut. Your face won't grace any magazine covers, and you aren't expecting a call from the White House. Congratulations. You qualify for a modern-day Christmas story. Step into the stable. Cradle in your arms, the infant Jesus. Listen as one who knew him well,

puts lyrics to the event. What no theologian conceived, what no rabbi dared to dream God did.

John 114 proclaims, the Word became flesh.

Christ in Mary, God in Christ, the Word of God entered the world with a cry of a baby.

God writes his story with ordinary people like Joseph, like Mary, people like you, like me.

This is Max Locato.