CQOD: 02/28/08 -- Bonhoeffer: indifferent to the message

Christian Quotation of the Day

February 28, 2008Meditation:
    The angel answered, "The Holy Spirit will come upon you, and the power of the Most High will overshadow you. So the holy one to be born will be called the Son of God."
    -- Luke 1:35 (NIV)

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Quotation:
    We have become so accustomed to the idea of divine love and of God's coming at Christmas that we no longer feel the shiver of fear that God's coming should arouse in us. We are indifferent to the message, taking only the pleasant and agreeable out of it and forgetting the serious aspect, that the God of the world draws near to the people of our little earth and lays claim to us. The coming of God is truly not only glad tidings, but first of all frightening news for everyone who has a conscience.
    ... Dietrich Bonhoeffer, “The Coming of Jesus in Our Midst,” in A Testament to Freedom: The Essential Writings of Dietrich BonnHoeffer, ed. Geoffrey B. Kelly and F. Burton Nelson, Harper San Francisco, San Francisco, Ca., 1995

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Quiet time reflection:
    Lord, restore to me joy and awe at the Incarnation.

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