Pope Francies headed on Friday the Christmas Eve's prayer in St. Peter’s Basilica despite the rising concerns of Omicron COVID-19 variant emergence in Italy, Sputnik reported.
The prayer was attended by 1500 persons, in addition, the Pope appeared without wearing a facial mask.
During his speech, the icon explained the morality of Jesus Christ's birth, and the issue of believing in God, and faith, especially in the heart of pandemic the world sees.
"This is the message: God does not rise up in grandeur, but lowers himself into littleness. Littleness is the path that he chose to draw near to us, to touch our hearts, to save us and to bring us back to what really matters," he said.
The Pope added: "Let us be amazed by this scandalous truth. The One who embraces the universe needs to be held in another’s arms. The One who created the sun needs to be warmed."
Next, he asserted that Christmas should be a lesson to all humanity to hold on to God, and the pleasures of life.
"The One who created the sun needs to be warmed. Tenderness incarnate needs to be coddled. Infinite love has a miniscule heart that beats softly. The eternal Word is an “infant”, a speechless child. The Bread of life needs to be nourished. The Creator of the world has no home. Today, all is turned upside down: God comes into the world in littleness. His grandeur appears in littleness," the Pope described.
Finally, the religious scholar concluded: "Brothers and sisters, let us rejoice together, for no one will ever extinguish this light, the light of Jesus, who tonight shines brightly in our world."
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