The Nativity is when God Himself revealed the hidden greatness of the small and the ordinary.
Make no mistake, though… It was revealed to us in retrospect as we revealed our race – the human race – to be Christ-killers. It seems there was no other way to get our attention, so God, being rich in mercy, Himself undertook it, beginning with the smallest and humblest possible beginning: His own birth. And ending with the greatest possible calamity: His own death.
But, of course, that’s not the end… Pascha is coming.