Wonder has Come Down to Make Us Wonderful

  •   Tue, Dec 23 2025
  •   By Fr Ajay Nelson D'Silva SJ

December 23, 2025

Christmas is a season. It is more than just lights, carols, sweets, and celebrations; at its center lies a Wonder. The real message of Christmas is not only that a child was born in Bethlehem, but also that God came down to us. He does not come only to be worshiped; He comes to change us—to make us wonderful. 

Jesus: The Wonder Who Came Down

Jesus is a wonder because: in Jesus, the Infinite becomes finite, God enters the human timeline, but in the form of an extremely vulnerable baby, the Almighty chooses to be humble. Being born in a manger instead of a royal palace reveals a God who is powerful and great, yet He is with His people and shares their lives. The distant becomes close. In the words of the Gospel of John, “The Word was made flesh and dwelt among us” (John 1:14).

Through Jesus, God says to the people of the earth: I am not distant. I am in your poverty, your fragility, your everyday life. The magic of Christmas is not a display; it is a being. 

From Wonder to be Wonderful: The Transformation Within Us

Jesus does not come to just be worshipped in a manger; he comes to the human heart in a new way. The real miracle of Christmas is what we experience when we give this Wonder a chance in our lives. 

Jesus makes us wonderful by:

Giving us back our honour when we think we are down or unworthy medicating our hidden hurts with absolution and compassion. Taking us out of the realm of fear, shame, and hopelessness. Training us to love, not in a limited way, but in abundance. We do not become wonderful through success, authority, or flawlessness. We become magnificent by being more human, more understanding, more loving—like Him. St. Irenaeus, an early Church Father, put it very beautifully: "The glory of God is the human person fully alive."

Making Others Wonderful: Letting Christmas Continue

Christmas does not end with the Nativity scene. It lasts where love of Christ is shown. People who have the experience of the Wonder of Jesus are to be the ones of his Wonder for others. 

When do we make others wonderful?

When we first acknowledge the presence of the invisible ones. When we give a listening ear to the people whose opinions do not count. When we pardon instead of allowing resentment to grow. When we encourage where there is discouragement. We spread peace in our neighborhood, school, and workplace. Every kind word, every act of patience, every gesture of compassion allows the light of Christmas to shine again in a broken world.

A Christmas Invitation

This Christmas, we are invited not only to celebrate the birth of Jesus but to welcome the Wonder into our daily lives.  When Wonder comes down: Hearts are healed, Lives are renewed, Ordinary people become extraordinary channels of grace.

May this season of Christmas bring to our minds the fact that God literally came down to bless us with His presence, so that through us the world could be a bit more hopeful, a bit more human, and a bit more divine.  

Have a Wonderful Christmas — the time when Wonder comes down, and love changes everything.

 

 

 
By Fr Ajay Nelson D'Silva SJ
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