ility end and begin to live together in
peace. Parents and children need reconciling at times. Friends often need
it. Christmas is a time when reconciliation between estranged family
members takes place more than it does at other times of the year. The basic
meaning of this word is "to remove all impediments to peace" so that
harmony prevails.<P>

What does it mean, then, that Jesus shall "reconcile to himself all things,
whether things on earth or things in heaven"? It means a day is coming when
the hostil