The quiet silence of the night

"'While all things were in quiet silence, and the night was in the midst of her course, Thy almighty Word leapt down from heaven, from Thy royal throne...into the midst of the land' (Wis 18; 14-15) O my God, You came down from heaven to save the world, and the world which is Yours, the work of Your hands, has not even a lodging to offer You!"

_Divine Intimacy_, Fr. Gabriel of St. Mary Magdalen, O.C.D., Colloquy for December 24th, p. 84