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Reborn, face all trials. This is what Pope Francis suggests to his flock, sometimes lost in the ordeal of the pandemic. Christmas Eve Mass is brought forward from 9:30 p.m. to 7:30 p.m., to allow the faithful who attend to return home without violating the curfew imposed by the Italian authorities at 10 p.m. Less than 200 people to attend, spaced apart, with masks.
On a Christmas night different from the usual one, Francis is inspired by the scriptures to speak to everyone and not just in religious terms. He resorts to a more human spirituality when he asks to be able to accept his own weaknesses, without falling into the temptation of feeling “bad”, of not doing it, abandoning the “fear of being inadequate, the fear of not leaving the tunnel of trial”: ” God tells you ‘Courage, I am with you’ – he observes – He does not say it in words, but by becoming a son like you and for you, to remind you of the starting point of every rebirth: to recognize yourself as a son of God, a daughter of God. “.
Between the economic difficulties and the distancing of the affections imposed by the restrictions, Francis’ invitation is not to miss the opportunity to rediscover a deeper dimension of Christmas: “Insatiable to have, we throw ourselves into many mangers of vanity, forgetting about the manger in Bethlehem. That manger, poor in everything and rich in love, teaches that the food of life is to let ourselves be loved by God and to love others, “he says.
The example, he affirms, is given by Jesus: “He, the Word of God, is an infant; he does not speak, but offers life. Instead, we speak a lot, but many times we are illiterate about the good.” God, Bergoglio explains, was born “discarded” to tell us that “every discarded child is a child of God” and was born a child to urge us to take care of others: “His tender crying makes us understand how useless so many of our whims are”. disarmed and disarmed love reminds us that the time we have is not used to cry for ourselves, but to console the tears of those who suffer ”. And it borrows a few words from Emily Dickinson: “God’s residence is next to mine. Furniture is love.”
Tomorrow, December 25, the Pope will deliver his message and deliver the ‘Urbi et Orbi’ from the Hall of Blessings of the Apostolic Palace, without the faithful in the square. Angelus in the interior also on December 26 and 27 and January 1, 3 and 6, which will be prayed by the Library.
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