Pope: God’s birth a revolution of
love and tenderness
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| Pope Francis meeting the organizers and artistes of the Vatican's annual Chrismas Concert (Vatican Media) |
Pope Francis on Friday met organizers and artistes of the
Vatican’s annual Christmas concert that is scheduled for Saturday, December 14.
By Robin Gomes
By being born in a humble manger, God launched the only true
revolution of love and tenderness that gives hope and dignity to the
disinherited and the outcast.
Pope Francis made the point to the organizers and artistes
of the 27th annual Christmas charity concert of the Vatican,
promoted by the Vatican’s Congregation for Catholic Education and supported by
the Don Bosco Valdocco Missions of the Salesians and the Pontifical Foundation
Scholas Occurrentes.
Hunger and thirst within
The proceeds from the concert which will help in the
protection of the Pan-Amazon region and its indigenous people through the
charity project, “Let’s network for the Amazon”.
The Pope explained that Christmas is a time of expectation
when we ask ourselves about our hearts' desire. Through this inner
thirst, he said, God Himself comes to meet us on the road where there is hunger
and thirst for peace, justice, freedom and love.
“You too, with your songs, help awaken or reawaken this
healthy human “yearning” in the hearts of many people,” the Pope told the
concert artistes.
“The nativity scene clearly teaches that we cannot let
ourselves be fooled by wealth and fleeting promises of happiness…” the Pope
said citing from his recent Apostolic Letter “Admirabile Signum”, on the
meaning and importance of the Nativity scene.
God’s revolution of love
“By being born in a manger, God himself launches the only
true revolution that can give hope and dignity to the disinherited and the
outcast: the revolution of love, the revolution of tenderness,” the Pope said.
“From the manger, Jesus proclaims, in a meek yet powerful
way, the need for sharing with the poor as the path to a more human and
fraternal world in which no one is excluded or marginalized.”
By taking us aback with His humble birth, the Pope
explained, God constantly invites us not to grow proud but to grasp His
disarming power in every little gesture of goodwill.
Global village of education
The Pope noted that artistes have a certain influence on
young people’s ways of thinking and acting. Beauty and truth that bring
joy to man’s heart, he said, unite generations and makes them share in
admiration.
“For this reason,” Pope Francis said, “all of us are called
to build a “global village of education”, weaving a web of human
relationships for these are the best antidote to all forms of discrimination,
violence and bullying.”
In this village, he noted, education and art meet through
the languages of music and poetry, painting and sculpture, theatre and cinema.
All these expressions of human creativity can be channels of fraternity
and peace between the peoples that make up the human family, and of dialogue
between the world’s religions.
Among the numerous international singers and musicians from
around the world performing at Saturday’s charity concert are Lionel Richie,
Bonnie Tyler, Susan Boyle, Mirelle Mathieu, Leo Rojas and several Italian
artistes. Among the choirs will be the Charleston Mass Gospel Choir from
the USA, the Italian Piccolo Coro Le Dolci Note and the Art Voice Academy.
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