At Christmas, it is to us that a miracle happens. When most things in the universe were aligned against it, even when most things here on earth were aligned against it, Jesus managed to come out of Mary in pretty good shape. Even there on the edge of town where there should not have been any witnesses except perhaps a few lowing cattle, that bunch of shepherds actually overcame their drunkenness to show up at crib's edge, not to mention a bunch of eccentric kings from afar. When I think of Jesus born on earth, I am amazed. But when I think of Jesus born in the universe, I am simply blown away.
Earthly miracles are one thing, but cosmic miracles are quite another.
And yet that is what happened. That is front page news.