Rome, 25 Dec. (LaPresse) – ‘While a distorted economy leads us to treat human beings as commodities, God becomes like us, revealing the infinite dignity of every person. While man wants to become God in order to dominate his neighbour, God wants to become man in order to free us from all slavery. Will this love be enough to change our history?’ So said Pope Leo XIV during his homily at Midnight Mass in St. Peter's Basilica. ‘The answer,’ the Pope continued, "comes as soon as we awaken, like the shepherds, from a deadly night to the light of new life, contemplating the baby Jesus. Above the stable in Bethlehem, where Mary and Joseph, filled with wonder, watch over the newborn, the starry sky becomes “a multitude of the heavenly army”. They are unarmed and disarming hosts, because they sing the glory of God, whose peace is manifested on earth: in the heart of Christ, in fact, beats the bond that unites heaven and earth, the Creator and creatures, in love." .
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