Third Day of Christmas

December 28
If everyone is due the same core dignity I am, why don’t others treat them with dignity? Why don’t they treat themselves with dignity? Why don’t I? Do I even treat myself with the dignity I deserve as a unique expression of God? No. Jesus and Mary are the only people who treated themselves and every person they met with the dignity they deserved. This is how we are to act if we wish to live up to our humanity. This is the third gift of Christmas, Jesus and Mary have shown us how to do what we didn’t realize we needed to do, let alone believed possible, to become fully human – the golden rule. Do unto others, as you would have them do unto you. Merry Christmas!
Patrick