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meditate on these words, to understand what was the evidence that Joseph had to bear in the days that preceded the birth of Jesus A test similar to the sacrifice of Abraham, when God asked him his son Isaac. It means “giving up the most precious thing, the most beloved person.”
However, as in the case of Abraham, the Lord intervened: he found the faith that opens and tried a different way, a way of love and happiness. “Joseph – he says – do not be afraid to take Mary home as your wife. Fact that the child is conceived in her is from the Holy Spirit.” This passage from the Gospel, the Pope points out, “shows us the greatness of soul of St. Joseph.” He was following a good plan of life, but God reserved for him another design, a larger mission. “Joseph was a man who always gave listen to the voice of God, deeply sensitive to his secret will, a man attentive to the messages that came from the heart and from the top-support-Bergoglio .Non has persistently pursue that his project of life, did not allow resentment to poison the soul, but was ready to make themselves available to the news that, disconcertingly, he was presented. ” And so it has become even more free and great. In fact, “accept each according to the plan of the Lord, Joseph finds himself fully, beyond itself.” This freedom to give up what is his, holding on his own existence, and that its full availability to the inner will of God, “challenge us and show us the way.”
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must be arranged to celebrate Christmas “contemplating Mary and Joseph, Mary, full of grace, the woman who had the courage to rely totally on the Word of God, Joseph, the faithful and righteous man who preferred to believe in the Lord instead of listening to the voices of doubt and of human pride. ” Why “with them, we walk together toward Bethlehem.”
After the Angelus, Francis greeted families, church groups and associations. “In these days of Christmas – said Francesco – invite all persons, entities and social authorities to do everything possible to ensure that every family can have a home. I read there great written: `The poor can not wait ‘- a banner of Pitchforks whose placement has been authorized by the Vatican -. It’s nice. ” “And that makes me think – he continued – that Jesus was born in a stable, was not born in a house. After you have run away, to go to Egypt to save his life. Eventually he returned to his home in Nazareth. “
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