VATICAN (SE): “He does not eliminate injustice from above by a show of power, but from below, by a show of love. He does not burst on the scene with limitless power, but descends to the narrow confines of our lives,” Pope Francis said of Jesus as he celebrated the Christmas Mass During the Night at St. Peter’s Basilica, Vatican News reported.
The pope said Jesus is the God who “revolutionises history by becoming a part of history”, and the God who “so respects us as to allow us to reject him; who takes away sin by taking it upon himself.”
He said, “God so greatly desires to embrace our lives”, that “infinite though he is, he becomes finite for our sake. In his greatness, he chooses to become small; in his righteousness, he submits to our injustice.”
Pope Francis stressed, “This, is the wonder of Christmas.”
