December 20, 2022

“Be kind to one another, tenderhearted, forgiving one another, as God in Christ forgave you.” (Ephesians 4:32)

Lady Macbeth claims (wrongly, as it turns out) that her husband is “too full of the milk of human kindness” to kill his rivals.

There is a special emphasis during Christmastime on the milk of human kindness. That is a good thing, even in its hackneyed expressions. I’m not above shedding a tear during a feel- good film. Paul tells us that the milk of human kindness finds its source in the atoning blood of Christ. Kindness flows from the kindness shown unto us.

“Purify our conscience, Almighty God, by your daily visitation, that your Son Jesus Christ, at his coming, may find in us a mansion prepared for himself; who lives and reigns with you, in the unity of the Holy Spirit, one God, now and for ever. Amen.” (Fourth Sunday of Advent – BCP)