POPE FRANCIS ON CHRISTMAS:
What does Christmas speak to us today?
"CHRISTMAS IS ABOUT GOD VISITING HIS PEOPLE...
ABOUT ENCOUNTERING JESUS"
"IT SPEAKS OF TENDERNESS AND HOPE"
When God meets us he tells us two things.
The first thing he says is: have hope.
God always opens doors, he never closes them. He is the father who opens doors for us.
The second thing he says is: don’t be afraid of tenderness.
When Christians forget about hope and tenderness they become a cold Church,
that loses its sense of direction and is held back by ideologies and worldly attitudes, whereas God’s simplicity tells you: go forward, I am a Father who caresses you."
'CHRISTMAS IS JOY, RELIGIOUS JOY, GOD'S JOY,
AN INNER JOY OF LIGHT AND PEACE"
When you are unable or in a human situation that does not allow you to comprehend this joy, then one experiences this feast with a worldly joyfulness. But there is a difference between profound joy and worldly joyfulness.”
MAY OUR CHRISTMAS CELEBRATION
BE FILLED WITH THE PROFOUND JOY AND PEACE
OF CHRIST'S COMING INTO OUR WORLD
AND INTO OUR HEARTS!
