DECREASING RETURNS
“What will this child be?” –Luke 1:66 St. Augustine noted that we celebrate John the Baptizer’s birthday after the summer equinox, when daylight begins to lessen in the northern hemisphere, and we celebrate Jesus’ birthday after the winter equinox, when daylight begins to increase. St. Augustine connected this with John’s statement regarding Jesus: “He must increase, while I must decrease” (Jn 3:30). Today, may there be more of Jesus in your life and less of you. May you continue this pattern each day until you can truthfully say: “It is no longer I that live but Christ Who lives within...