Pope Francis at Angelus: look to the crèche
(Vatican Radio) Pope Francis prayed the Angelus with
pilgrims and tourists gathered in St. Peter’s Square on Sunday, exactly a week
before Christmas Day, 2016.
In the reflection he shared with the people in the square
ahead of the traditional noonday Marian devotion, the Holy Father focused
on the upcoming Christmas feast, exactly one week away at the time he delivered
his remarks.
After praying the Angelus, the Holy Father
returned to the theme.
“During this this week let us look for a few moments in
which to pause, have a bit of silence, and imagine Our Lady and St. Joseph on
their way to Bethlehem,” he said. “The journey – the fatigue of it, but also
the joy of it – the commotion, and then their anxiety over finding a place to
stay, the worry – and so on,” he added.
“In all this,” concluded Pope Francis, “the crèche scene
helps us very much: let us seek to enter into the true Nativity – that of
Jesus, in order to receive the grace of this feast, which is a grace of love,
of humility and of tenderness.”
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