Item 1724 - The "yes" of Christmas

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CA ON00389 F4-9-1-1724

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The "yes" of Christmas

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  • [December 11, 1987] (Creation)

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This item is a one paragraph excerpt from Henri Nouwen entitled ‘The “yes” of Christmas’, published in Christianity Today, December 11, 1987, p. 32. It is a quote from New Oxford Review, November 1986. The entire excerpt reads: ‘I realized that songs, good feelings, beautiful liturgies, nice presents, big dinners, and many sweet words do not make Christmas. Christmas is saying ‘yes’ to something beyond all emotions and feelings. Christmas is saying ‘yes’ to a hope based on God’s initiative, which has nothing to do with what I think or feel. Christmas is believing that the salvation of the world is God’s work, and not mine’.

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      Published in Christianity Today (December 11,1987): 32.
      This is an excerpt from: New Oxford Review (Nov. 1986).

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      2000 01

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      Added by L Joson, 13 November 2017

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