Christmas Day

"The whole of Christ's life was a continual passion; others die martyrs, but Christ was born a martyr.  He found Golgotha, where he was crucified, even in Bethlehem, where He was born; for to His tenderness then the straws were almost as sharp as the thorns after, and the manger as uneasy at first as the cross at last.  His birth and His death were but one continual act, and His Christmas Day and His Good Friday are but the evening ad the morning of one and the same night." - John Bonne