Thursday, December 24

Born a Martyr

The whole life of Christ was a continuall Passion; others die Martyrs, but Christ was born a Martyr… His birth and his death were but one continuall act, and his Christmas-day and his Good Friday, are but the evening and morning of one and the same day.

— John Donne
Christmas sermonDec 25, 1626

(HT: Tony Reinke)