Commentary
Big Deal and No Big Deal
This is not about the once
popular TV gameshow.
It is about God’s way of making
known God’s salvation.
It’s no big deal: Bethlehem, not Jerusalem. A house, not the king’s palace or the
Temple. Common people: an ordinary couple
and their newborn son, not the king, the chief priests or the scribes.
But it’s a big deal. In fact, it is the big deal: the presence of God’s only Son is made known
to the magi, who represent the gentiles.
The event marks the beginning of God’s salvation for all nations.
A big star for that.
With God, the simple and common
things become a big deal.
The light of God continues to
shine in us and through us, broken, and insignificant. Thus, we all become the light, God’s light,
by which all nations walk (1st Reading, Isaiah 60: 3)
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