Benedict XVI: God desires to win us with love

A few days till the birth of the Son of God, Benedict XVI highlights the true meaning of Christmas and invites everyone to welcome into their lives the joy and hope that the infant Jesus brings. Before all those gathered in Paul VI Hall for the general audience, the Pope recalled St. Francis and the famous Christmas celebration in Greccio. It was the poor man of Assisi, in fact, who offered a "decisive contribution" to the spread of the Christmas crib, which highlights "the defenseless love, humility and goodness of God, who in the Incarnation of the Word teaches men a new way to live and love. " "At Christmas, God has truly become 'Emmanuel", insisted the Pope, "from Whom there is no barrier and no ...

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