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The passage below isn’t normally associated with Advent or Christmas. But this ancient hymn to Christ, thought to be quoted by the Apostle Paul in his letter to the Philippians, depicts a humble and generous God who can teach us about the nature and impact of self-giving love in our world.

May you and yours have a wonderful Advent and Christmas season.

A Hymn to Christ

Let the same mind be in you that was in Christ Jesus,

who, though he was in the form of God,
did not regard equality with God
as something to be exploited,
but emptied himself,
taking the form of a slave,
being born in human likeness.
And being found in human form,
he humbled himself
and became obedient to the point of death—
even death on a cross.

Therefore God also highly exalted him
and gave him the name
that is above every name,
so that at the name of Jesus
every knee should bend,
in heaven and on earth and under the earth,
and every tongue should confess
that Jesus Christ is Lord,
to the glory of God the Father.”

— Philippians 2:4-11