{"id":31846,"date":"2014-05-25T17:04:43","date_gmt":"2014-05-25T14:04:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.proterrasancta.org\/?p=31846"},"modified":"2022-03-18T17:46:17","modified_gmt":"2022-03-18T16:46:17","slug":"this-will-be-a-sign-for-us-you-will-find-a-child-the-homily-of-pope-francis-in-bethlehem","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/preprod.proterrasancta.org\/en\/this-will-be-a-sign-for-us-you-will-find-a-child-the-homily-of-pope-francis-in-bethlehem\/","title":{"rendered":"\u201cThis will be a sign for us: you will find a child\u2026\u201d: The homily of Pope Francis in Bethlehem"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>During the Holy Mass on the Manger Square in Bethlehem, among the enthusiasm of many local Christians, Pope Francis said:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8220;<strong>The Child Jesus, born in Bethlehem, is the&nbsp;<i>sign&nbsp;<\/i>given by God to those who awaited salvation<\/strong>, and he remains forever the sign of God\u2019s tenderness and presence in our world. The angel announces to the shepherds: \u201cThis will be a sign for you: you will find a child\u2026\u201d.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In the homily, Pope Francis continues by saying that <strong>today too,\u00a0<i>children are a sign<\/i>.<\/strong> They are a sign of hope, a sign of life, but also a\u00a0<i>\u201cdiagnostic\u201d sign<\/i>, a marker indicating the health of families, society and the entire world. Wherever children are accepted, loved, cared for and protected, the family is healthy, society is more healthy and the world is more human. (\u2026)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cThis will be a sign for us: you will find a child\u2026\u201d. <strong>Perhaps that little boy or girl is crying<\/strong>. He is crying because he is hungry, because she is cold, because he or she wants to be picked up and held in our arms. (\u2026)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The Child Jesus, born in Bethlehem, every child who is born and grows up in every part of our world, is a diagnostic sign indicating the state of health of our families, our communities, our nation. Such a frank and honest diagnosis can lead us to <strong>a new kind of lifestyle where our relationships are no longer marked by conflict, oppression and consumerism, but fraternity, forgiveness and reconciliation, solidarity and love.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-to-read-the-full-homily-click-here\"><a href=\"http:\/\/w2.vatican.va\/content\/francesco\/en\/homilies\/2014\/documents\/papa-francesco_20140525_terra-santa-omelia-bethlehem.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">To read the full homily, click here.&nbsp;<\/a><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-for-more-information-about-the-project-of-association-pro-terra-sancta-bethlehem-and-the-children-in-the-holy-land-click-here\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.proterrasancta.org\/project\/en\/bethlehem-dar-majus-community-home\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">For&nbsp;more information about the project of Association pro Terra Sancta &#8220;Bethlehem and the children in the Holy Land&#8221;, click here.&nbsp;<\/a><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-\">&nbsp;<\/h3>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>During the Holy Mass on the Manger Square in Bethlehem, among the enthusiasm of many local Christians, Pope Francis said: &#8220;The Child Jesus, born in Bethlehem, is the&nbsp;sign&nbsp;given by God to those who awaited salvation, and he remains forever the sign of God\u2019s tenderness and presence in our world. 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