the fragile Day of Christmas, loved by all but exposed to misunderstandings and distortions . So in our affluent society powerless witness to the unleashing of a frenzy commercial use Christmas as an excuse, or we see the symbolism trivialized a winter phenomenon, forgetting that in the southern Christians celebrate the mystery without boundary cold and frost. Or again, we are witnessing today peregrine disputes on symbolic languages \u200b\u200bthat would offend other religious traditions, when the Christian message itself to suffer if reduced to only songs, decorated trees and colorful garlands.
But what is really deep, Christmas Christian? Christian sources speak of a birth occurred without contest man, a birth due to the extraordinary power of the Spirit of God, to indicate that Jesus was a man that only God could give to humanity. But the circumstances of birth are very "human" as there is no place in the caravanserai, Mary and Joseph took refuge in a barn and the newborn baby is laid in a manger. That the Messiah of Israel is a birth in poverty, in conditions of itinerancy, and the poor, the shepherds, who first meet him, alerted by a message of the angels.
Christmas is the fulfillment of the promises of the prophets that the Messiah was born, and this is a man living in the midst of humanity, God was eternal and that child became mortal, God was powerful and became weak, and God was invisible became visible. Since its inception, the man Jesus begins to narrate, to tell God, the God that no one had seen or can see before his death. If Christians to reclaim this human heritage and faith that is their own and that the message of Christmas becomes particularly clear for everyone, perhaps it would be beneficial to the entire social fabric. Do not forget that the message of the angels to the shepherds to talk about peace on earth "to men of good will", a look modeled on the Latin of St. Jerome which really means "humanity, the object of God's love" . Yes, because the Messiah of peace and justice where Christians come together to call for the Jews, the Messiah you profess Jesus' disciples had already appeared in their teacher and Lord, son of Mary of Nazareth really is the hope of a full life for all, a life marked by love.
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