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wE fear the people with power. They can control us and force us to do what we
don't want to do. We look up to the people with power. They have what we do not
have and can give or refuse according to their will. We envy people with power.
They can afford to go where we cannot go, and do what we cannot do. But God's
power is entirely the opposite. God does not want us to be afraid, distant or
envious. God wants us to come close, very close, so close that we can rest in
the intimacy of God as children in their mother's arms.

Therefore God became a little baby. Who can be afraid of a little baby? A tiny
baby is completely dependent on its parents, nurses, and caregivers. Yes, God
wanted to become so powerless as to be unable to eat or drink, walk or talk,
play or work without many people's help. Yes, God became dependent on human
beings to grow up and move among us and proclaim the good news. Yes, indeed,
*God chose to become so powerless that the realization of God's own mission
among us became completely dependent on us. How can we fear a baby we rock in
our arms, how can we look up to a baby that is so little and fragile, how can we
be envious of a baby who only smiles at us in response to our tenderness? That
is the mystery of the incarnation. God became human, in no way different from
other human beings, to break the through the walls of power in total weakness.
God became human for us to make divine love tangible. That's the story of Jesus.

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