What does everyone need right now? A bunch of hope. Which is what the whole

of Christmas is about. It’s hope despite our circumstances. It’s hope even

when the rest of the world is hopeless. Because this is hope that comes

from outside this world. When the world is mundane, it’s miraculous. When

the world is lonely, it's intimate. When the world is constrained, it’s

free. And when the world is banal, it’s divine. This is what Jesus has come

to earth to bring us and it’s ours if we want it!