Article December 16, 1972 Issue

Christmas and the Healing Christ

RAYMOND JACKSON ALLEN

It is natural for Christians to celebrate the anniversary of the birth of Jesus. They owe him an immeasurable debt of gratitude for his exemplification of the Christ, Truth, and for his marvelous career characterized by works of healing. They are aware of the importance of his appearing on the human scene and pay him homage for his unique contribution to the salvation of mankind.

While honoring Jesus with deep sincerity, the teachings of Christian Science stress the spiritual message of Christmas as the coming of the Christ to human consciousness to heal disease and destroy discord and sin.

The activity of the healing Christ had its highest and fullest expression in the life and works of Jesus, but its operation in human experience was not, and is not, confined to him. The Christ, the incorporeal Saviour, has come in some measure to spiritually–minded men and women throughout the ages to be expressed by them in works of healing. And not only in physical healings but in the healing of general ills and the solving of problems that flesh is heir to.

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