The Three Masses on Christmas Day, I

“The Lord hath said to me: Thou art my Son, this day have I begotten thee.”—Ps. ii, 7.

Deep in the bosom of the Father lies His co-eternal Word—the Infinite, Whose generation’s everlasting light Illumes the unborn ages.... Lift your eyes, And contemplate that Home in Paradise, That first eternal Dwelling of the Word!— Before the angels were,—before the skies Blush’d over Eden, or the waters stirred Under the Spirit’s strong, creative breath,— Uttered the Father in His bosom blest This glorious Word.... What matter change or death? Amid the Godhead’s central fires expressed, Life lives in Love.—O men of vision dim, Here, at His altars, kneel, and worship Him!