Matthew 1:23 The Virgin shall conceive, and bear a son, and they shall name him Emmanuel This was the hopeful message to the waiting world. This is the hopeful message to the world we live in now. This is the hopeful message of the world yet to come, as well! Close your eyes and use your imagination. God with us! We find him in the very core of our person. It is indeed, in this state where we hope to be always. Our imagination cannot grasp this mystery fully. But, yet, we know it to be true. Let us accept this fact as Mary did. Come, Emmanuel. Dwell within us!