‘Christian, remember your dignity.” This may seem ridiculous, but Time’s Person of the Year reminds me of this. Taylor Swift had a break-up song where she sang about how she goes back to December “all the time.” Imagine if we went back to December all the time. If Christians lived the Christmas that is ubiquitous in December, we would be living differently. It’s a time of joy and festivity, and this year, also of solidarity with the suffering in a particular way as Israel — the Holy Land — is under attack.
That line to Christians about dignity is from Pope Leo the Great, as he is remembered. Every Christmas Day, Catholics read his sermon in which he implores: “Dearly beloved, today our Savior is born; let us rejoice. Sadness should have no place on the birthday of life. The fear of death has been swallowed up; life brings us joy with the promise of eternal happiness.”
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