SOLEMNITY OF THE NATIVITY OF THE LORD
HOMILY OF HIS HOLINESS
BENEDICT XVI
Saint Peter's Basilica
Monday, 24 December 2012
Monday, 24 December 2012
Dear Brothers and Sisters!
Again and again the beauty of this Gospel touches our hearts: a beauty that is
the splendour of truth. Again and again it astonishes us that God makes himself
a child so that we may love him, so that we may dare to love him, and as a child
trustingly lets himself be taken into our arms. It is as if God were saying: I
know that my glory frightens you, and that you are trying to assert yourself in
the face of my grandeur. So now I am coming to you as a child, so that you can
accept me and love me.
