Pope Francis, during his Angelus address on January 1st, focused on the joy of Christmas and the role of Mary in keeping that joy alive. He emphasized the importance of peace and asked for special remembrance of mothers on this World Day of Peace.
During the midday Angelus on the New Year's Day Solemnity of the Blessed Virgin Mary , the Mother of God, Pope Francis prays that Mary may 'teach us to keep the joy of the Gospel in our hearts and bear witness to it in the world.' Pope Francis led the midday Angelus prayer in a crowded Saint Peter's Square on New Year's Day, reflecting on the 'surprise and the joy of Christmas .
' The Pope recalled today's Gospel that narrates the arrival of the shepherds in the grotto in Bethlehem after witnessing the proclamation of the angels telling them about the newborn saviour, Messiah, and Lord. The Pope described this encounter which 'fills everyone with wonder', as they saw with their own eyes the infant Jesus, and they experienced 'the heart of Mary, who kept and reflected on all these things.' The Pope offered his reflections following the traditional morning Mass over which he presided for the Solemnity of the Blessed Virgin Mary, the Mother of God, and the January 1st World Day of Peace. Recalling the Hebrew meaning of Jesus, “God saves”, the Pope explained how this is exactly what the Lord will do and came into the world to accomplish by offering us His very life. “God chose to be born for us: Jesus is the revelation of His eternal love, which brings peace into the world.” The Pope then explained how the heart of Mary 'corresponds to the newborn Messiah, who manifests the mercy of the Father.' Her immaculate heart is the ear that listened to the proclamation of the Archangel Gabriel, and the hand of the bride given to Joseph, as well as the embrace experienced by Elizabeth in her old age, the Pope added. Observing how mothers always have their children at heart, the Pope said on this New Year's Day dedicated to peace, we should remember mothers in a special way, those who 'rejoice in their heart' and those who bear 'a heart full of suffering, because their children have been taken away by violence, by arrogance, by hatred.
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