Christmas 2024 – Let us open the doors of our hearts to Christ
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The birth of Jesus is the most powerful sign and message of hope in a world darkened by the shadows of fear and uncertainty. For Christmas 2024, at the start of the Jubilee of Hope, Vatican Radio asked Catholic leaders for their thoughts on the theme “The peace of Christ in a war-torn world.” Today’s message comes from Cardinal Lazarus You Heung-Sik, prefect of the Dicastery for the Clergy.
Christmas message from Lazarus You Heung-sik
To the shepherds who lived in the fields, the angel of the Lord proclaimed: “Do not be afraid, for, behold, I bring you good news of great joy to all the people. »
What is this good news that brings great joy to all, except that the Savior has been born for us, who is the Messiah and the Lord?
The ancient prophecy of Isaiah has come true: “A child is born to us, a son is given to us, and he is named the Prince of Peace.” » Let us welcome him and open our hearts to the Prince of Peace. Jesus, our brother. And the door of our salvation has come to make his abode with us, to give us his Father as our Father and his mother as our mother, thus revealing the tender love of God.
The good news of the birth of Christ, the light of the world, fills us with hope as we prepare to open the holy door for the Jubilee year that awaits us. Let us open the door of our heart to the peace that the Child Jesus brings to each of us.
As Jesus would later say to his disciples: “Peace I leave with you. I give you my peace. I don’t give it to you like the world gives it. Do not let your hearts be troubled and do not let them be afraid. “
May this Christmas and this Jubilee Year, as Pope Francis writes in the Bull of Indiction, be for all a moment of true personal encounter with the Lord Jesus, door of our salvation, which the Church is responsible for always proclaiming. and everywhere, and to all as our hope.
Cardinal Lazarus You Heung-sik
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