Joseph, with Mary his spouse, went up “to the city of David called Bethlehem” (Lk 2:4).
“Bethlehem: the name means house of bread. In this “house”, the Lord today wants to encounter all mankind. (…) The tiny body of the child of Bethlehem speaks to us of a new way to live our lives: not by devouring and hoarding, but by sharing and giving. God makes himself small so that he can be our food. By feeding on him, the bread of life, we can be reborn in love, and break the spiral of grasping and greed. From the “house of bread”, Jesus brings us back home, so that we can become God’s family, brothers and sisters to our neighbors. Standing before the manger, we understand that the food of life is not material riches but love, not gluttony but charity, not ostentation but simplicity.”
(Francis, Homily for the Solemnity of the Nativity of the Lord 2018)
Best wishes for a Blessed Christmas and Happy New Year
Sr. Micaela and the Sisters of the PDDM General Government
