Vatican City, Dec 22, 2010 / 11:17 am
Jesus' birth invites all people to transform their hearts through his infinite goodness and mercy, Pope Benedict XVI said in his weekly general audience, Dec. 22.
In his last Wednesday audience before Christmas, there was a jovial mood in the Vatican’s Pope Paul VII Hall as the Pope met with pilgrims from all over the world. Some members of the crowd even sang Christmas carols.
The Church invites all Christians to contemplate the mystery of Jesus' birth and receive "the gift of his presence" in these days, said the Pope.
The sensations of "trepidation and wonder" mark the Christian path that leads closer to "the place where everything began for us and for our salvation, where everything was fulfilled, where the expectations of the world and of the human heart came together."