In the birth of Jesus Christ, God is overcoming all impossibilities to get to us, to reach us, to draw us into the closest possible relationship of love. Even if we cannot accept it, if it is stretching our minds too far to believe it, we do not change the event, only cut ourselves off from one avenue of grace with which God seeks to reach us. In this "A Christmas Present" Advent journey, read the words of Henry Dobbs Pope as he speaks to the mystery of Christmas that takes hold of us, the words, the stories, the songs that stir up something in us, and the silence that whispers hope to our deepest desires of love at the core of our being.