“We cannot
approach the manger of the Christ child in the same way we approach the cradle of
another child. Rather, when we go
to his manger, something happens, and we cannot leave it again unless we have
been judged or redeemed. Here we
must either collapse or know the mercy of God directed toward us. The throne of God in the world is not
on human thrones, but in human depths, in the manger. Standing around his throne there are no flattering vassals
but dark, unknown, questionable figures who cannot get their fill of this
miracle and want to live entirely by the mercy of God.”
-
Dietrich
Bonhoeffer
Merry Christmas
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