Pope Francis marked the beginning of 2025 with the celebration of Mass for the Solemnity of Mary, the Most Holy Mother of God, emphasizing Mary's role in pointing us to Jesus and the mystery of Christmas.
Mary “immerses us once more in the mystery of Christmas ” and leads us to Jesus, says Pope Francis , as he celebrates Mass for the Solemnity of the Most Holy Mother of God. Pope Francis marked the beginning of 2025 with the celebration of Mass for the Solemnity of Mary , the Most Holy Mother of God. In his homily, the Holy Father said that “like a Mother,” Mary points us to her Son and leads us to Jesus.
Today’s feast, he said, “immerses us once more in the mystery of Christmas” – a mystery summed up in the Second Reading, where St Paul tells us that “God sent forth His Son, born of a woman.” These words “echo in our hearts today” and “remind us that Jesus, our Saviour, became flesh and is revealed in the frailty of the flesh.” That Jesus was born of a woman reminds us “that God became truly man through a human womb” – showing us that God is not simply “some vague religious feeling or fleeting emotion,” but “has a face and a Name, and calls us to have a relationship with Him.”St Paul’s words also “speak to us about the humanity of Christ” who is “revealed in the frailty of flesh.” Jesus’ coming as a tiny baby, through the Virgin Mary, reveals how God chooses to act: “through littleness and hiddenness.” Jesus, the Pope said, “revealed God’s love in the beauty of His humanity, dwelling in our midst, sharing our daily life… by the frailty of His humanity and His concern for the weak and vulnerable, Jesus shows us the face of God.” Pope Francis invited us to “entrust this new year to Mary, the Mother of God,” with the hope that we might learn, “like her” to protect “the precious gift of life.”Today, the Pope continued, on this World Day of Peace, “all of us are invited to take up the summons that flow from the maternal heart of Mary: to cherish life, to care for life, to restore dignity to the lives of everyone ‘born of woman,’ for this is the basis for building a culture of peac
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