Is Christmas about peace and comfort?Yes.
But perhaps not in the ways one might expect.
Many of us may think about peace as either inner peace or the entire absence of war. And we may think of comfort as something we seek for ourselves. Christmas Season promises none of those things.
Every Christmas Eve, we read the proclamation of the heavenly armies: “Glory to God in the heavens, and upon earth peace for people of favor” (Luke 2:14).
This proclamation is, in its form, a parody of proclamations by and about the emperor of Rome. So, this proclamation is about peace in the public realm, not personal or inner peace.
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