Pope at Audience: Christmas, the surprises that God
At his General Audience last December 19, Pope Francis reflected on the upcoming feast of Christmas, which is filled with “the surprises of Jesus.”
Pope Francis’ catechesis on Christmas was focused on the idea of “surprises.” While the world insists on exchanging presents, the Holy Father asked: “What gifts and surprises would God want?”
Looking back at the first Christmas, the Pope said it was “full of surprises,” for Mary, for Joseph. From the Angel’s announcement of Mary’s pregnancy, to the Flight into Egypt, that first Christmas “brought unexpected changes” to their lives.
“But it was in the middle of the night of Christmas,” Pope Francis said, “that the biggest surprise of all arrived: The Most High isa little baby.” Christmas, he said, means celebrating the “unprecedented things of God,” or rather, “the unprecedented God.”
