Dec. 10, Second Saturday of Advent

The nativity seen should remind us of the marginalized, the pope said.

A child cannot be grasped, like an object. A child can only be caressed, which is to touch without possessing.

Ultimately, the jobs, the degrees, the nice houses, are all chaff in God’s eyes—they do not make us virtuous or worthy.

“I am very aware that my ethnicity is dying.”

Mary shows us qualities to seek in our prayer life: receptivity to the divine word, thoughtful reflection and finally, the subordination of our wills to God’s wisdom.