This is horrible! We are almost at the climax of Advent, the great celebration of the Christ Mass is almost here.
And we are reading the account of Jesus’ death. It feels wrong. Discordant amidst the carols and the light and the laughter.
But this is what it was all for. This was ALWAYS part of the plan!
“And did she see there, in the straw, by his head a thorn…?”