For most people judgment and punishment are easy to understand. We need no private revelation about that. Mercy, however, is hard to understand. Infinite love and infinite mercy, it takes a lifetime even to begin to see the the depth of compassion God the Father has revealed to us through Christ Jesus.
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More often than not, we are sinned against more than actually sinning. Pain can drive us deeper into isolation, into bitterness and self contempt.
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The stories told about those near-death experiences, as Atwater shows, have a remarkable commonality — they provide concrete evidence that after death we must face everything about ourselves, and experience the consequences, often very painful, of all we have done.
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Christmas peace is a chaotic, heavenly, trumpeting peace. Like babies crying at Mass and long car rides and gifts that break the budget. Like dirty dishes in the sink and long lines to see Santa and reuniting with estranged family members.
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There is catechesis in these carols. From carols such as these, we learn and memorize the Infant narratives of Matthew and Luke. We sang these songs as children, and they stay with us through our whole life. They teach us that it is in our meekness that we are able to discover the glory of the Christ Child.
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