Sacred piplets, these planets which talk and chatter in the upper interstellar spheres!
You will have understood, this imaginary dialogue that children tell you presented this evening is like humans: talkative, self-sufficient, always ready to compare themselves to see who is the most brilliant, believing themselves to be the center of
world, surprised to learn that there are important beings outside themselves.. The Moon will have to get involved to get these planets out of their narrow vision and draw their attention to the existence of (I quote): “this little blue thing” – namely the
Earth and its humans. In fact, this little story highlights the contrast between the infinitely large and the tiny, between on one side the immensity of the universe and on the other the humble birth of a small
man in Bethlehem who will change the destiny of the world. To welcome this contrast is to welcome the Gospel of Christmas which – in its way of coming in the world- overturns all human projections made about it: in fact, we awaited the Messiah as the leader of the armies; we relied on his strength and his power to drive out the Romans and restore the Kingship of Israel; we were waiting for him like a spectacular and triumphant and all-powerful event. However, it is quite the opposite that happens: the king of the world is a newborn. We were waiting his arrival in the Capital of Jerusalem but he was born in a town…Bethlehem. A The cattle bowl will serve as a cradle due to lack of space at the hotel. Finally, his first
Admirers arriving at a run at the crèche are shepherds – who – at that time – were despised, considered as marginal and treated as excluded. In short, this king like no other does not live in any palace and has no army. No one will roll out the red carpet for him. The Gospel of Christmas is revealed in the darkness the shadow of the powerful of this world. Christ is born in precariousness, he comes into the world without triumph and without fuss- in a world that does not expect it. Frankly, seen from heaven, the birth of Jesus looks like a speck of dust! She could have gone completely unnoticed. But God’s project for Humanity is this: to reveal his unconditional Love for each of us by choosing Fragility. So, that night, in a corner of Palestine, God brought into the world a Newborn on tiptoe – because Love cannot impose itself or come through force. It is up to us to receive him and welcome him into our lives by realizing that the God of Jesus Christ loves us infinitely with our weaknesses and our infidelities, with our failings and our refusals, and that he wants our happiness not each for himself but the us with
the others. Ultimately, the Gospel of Christmas can only lead us to praise and wonder – like the poet of Psalm 8 when he exclaims: “When I look at the sky that your hands made, the moon and the stars that you fixed, I wonder: my God, what is the human being that you think of
him ? So that you care? » Let’s not look for too many explanations. Rather, let us be able to marvel at this ! On the other hand, if each of us is unique and precious in the eyes of God, then let us try to look at us otherwise each other. And above all: let’s be surprised to be there. Consider that there is nothing natural about being alive, that it is not “normal” to live, but that it is exceptional that we are
there again today: alive, standing, together, connected by Christ. As a poet said in his prayer: “Lord, my God, the world will not die
for lack of wonders, but for lack of wonder.
T. Es-Sbanti
Christmas party, “Words of planets”
temple of Mas desbees, December 20, 2025
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Words of planets »played by children
