I'm reposting this series on the Twelve Days of Christmas which I wrote in 2007. The Twelve Days begin on Christmas Day and end on January 5, the day before the traditional date for Epiphany (although on the revised liturgical calendar in the Roman rite, Epiphany is now always celebrated on a Sunday, this year on January 3).
On these 12 days between Christmas and Epiphany, we'll look at some images of Mary and Joseph and the child, Jesus. Today's is the work of Canadian sculptor, Timothy P. Schmaltz and it is titled, simply, Warmth.
The folds of Mary's garment make a shelter in which she and her child huddle. Prayer is like that: a shelter for huddling with the Lord...
It's not difficult to imagine Mary cuddling her son just as imaged here. What a gift to be able share the warmth of one's body with the one whose heart would burn with love for all his brothers and sisters.
The Christmas season is a good time to remember how God, like a mother, holds each of us to the breast, warming and shaping us to the contours of those divine arms that treasure and hold us safe in love...
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