St. Laurence O'Toole Catholic Church

The Good News (Gospel) is that Jesus Christ is right in the middle of our broken and dark world, bringing His grace and love right into the heart of our brokenness! That is the very reality of the Nativity, which we celebrate each year, namely that Jesus Christ did not shy away from the brokenness and mess of humanity (and the brokenness and mess of our lives, personally), but rather, out of his perfect love for us, became one of us in the Incarnation to enter into that human wound caused by sin in order to bring healing, grace, and salvation. Jesus Christ is “The light [that] shines in the darkness, and the darkness has not overcome it.” (John 1:5). Even in the midst of the darkness around us, the Light, Jesus Christ, is present and we can see His grace at work in our world too!