Selected quotes of Pope Francis offered daily for prayer and reflection�€ï¿½.

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Feast, Christmas
 


May each one of us draw near to the Nativity scene…and try to make an act of adoration, within [ourselves]: “I believe you are God, that this baby is God. Please, grant me the grace of humility to be able to understand”.

 
General Audience
22 December 2021

 
 
 
Feast, Christmas
 


To us a son is given. Jesus, you are the Child who makes me a child.  You love me as I am, not as I imagine myself to be; this I know!  In embracing you, the Child of the manger, I once more embrace my life. 

 
Homily
24 December 2020

 
 
 
Feast, Christmas
 


The birth of the Savior is the light that pierces and dispels the deepest darkness.

 
Homily
24 December 2014

 
 
 
Feast, Christmas
 


Let us draw close to God who draws close to us. Let us pause to gaze upon the crib, and relive in our imagination the birth of Jesus: light and peace; dire poverty and rejection.

 
Homily
24 December 2016

 
 
 
Feast, Christmas
 


Think of the Christmas of the Virgin Mary and of Saint Joseph: there were no roses and flowers! How many difficulties they had! How many worries! Yet faith, hope and love guided and sustained them.

 
General Audience
17 December 2020

 
 
 
Feast, Christmas
 


Let us pray, asking for the joy of Christmas. Let us give thanks to God for the good things he has given us, above all, faith.

 
Homily
14 December 2014

 
 
 
Feast, Christmas
 


God manifested himself as a gift, he made himself a gift for us and we must give this, make others see this as a gift, not as our possession.

 
Morning Meditation
13 March 2020

 
 
 
Feast, Christmas
 


The Lord is born in utter poverty in order to win our hearts by the wealth of his love.

 
Homily
24 December 2019

 

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