John Canuso, through his generosity, enables other persons to experience a family Christmas as well. Anne Denenberg, his secretary for 20 years, recalls a phone call from a young woman whose nephew in North Carolina had leukemia. "She wanted to know if he could be "brought to Philadelphia's Children's Hospital for treatment. During the course of the conversation she broke into tears. It would be the first Christmas the entire family could not be together."

Canuso rented a bus, hired a driver, and told her to gather all of her family. At 11:00 p.m. on Christmas Eve, the bus left with all the kids, the aunts, the uncles, and the grandparents. They drove all through the night and the family spent Christmas with the nephew in the hospital. His secretary of many years said, "John was working quietly and without fanfare. He could not conceive of this family not being together on Christmas. He feels he has so much, it makes him feel better to give."

That's the kind of response you and I need to make today to this wonderful story of Mary and Joseph. That's the kind of response that has been happening in people's lives through the telling of the Christmas story for two thousand years. It is the response of love. It is the believing in the possibility of redemption of all people--for who knows whom might be an angel in disguise. It is listening to the voice of God and believing that all good things are possible.

Ron Newhouse

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