Article December 19, 1959 Issue

OBSERVING CHRISTMAS IN QUIETUDE

KATHRYN PAULSON

In the stillness of inspired thought, the Virgin Mary received the glorious revelation of the Christ-idea, which was to be humanly manifested as the man Jesus. In the quiet of the Judean night, under the silent sky, shepherds heard angelic overtures foretelling the Messianic dawn of peace, love, and good will. The Wisemen followed a brilliant star and in the hush of reverent adoration beheld the babe they had sought.

Christmas symbolizes the splendor of the Christ, recognized and accepted. It commemorates the birth into human experience of the highest type of manhood ever known, Christ Jesus. It can be celebrated only with the spiritual senses, never through clamorous, competitive social activities. The infinite meanings of Christmas are revealed only to the unselfed, consecrated heart which searches diligently for the great gift of Christmastide: the spiritual idea of man and the universe.

Mary Baker Eddy, who discovered and founded Christian Science, had a high and holy sense of Christmas which was never submerged in the ritual of worldly observance or in the merely material activity of gift giving and social merriment.

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