The Nativity of The Lord – 24th December 2025
Dear brothers and sisters,
On this holy night, the world seems to breathe differently. The streets are quieter, the lights are warmer, and even the most tired hearts open a little more. We have come here carrying joys, but also burdens; hopes, but also worries. And on this night, the Word of God tells us something essential: God is not far from our lives. He comes to meet us where we are.
“The people who walked in darkness have seen a great light,” says the prophet Isaiah. The darkness is not only the darkness of the night, but the darkness of the heart: fear, loneliness, guilt, disappointment, the tiredness of life. Each of us knows this darkness. There are people who, even on Christmas night, carry a wound, a longing, a hidden tear. God does not judge us for this darkness. He lights a flame in the middle of it.
And this light does not come as overwhelming power, but as a child. A baby wrapped in cloths and laid in a manger. God chose to come small, fragile, and silent. He chose to knock gently at the door of our hearts, without forcing it open. This is the great message of this night: God comes so close that He can be welcomed or refused. He waits for a place, even a very simple one, where He can be born.
The Gospel tells us that the shepherds were the first to hear the good news. Simple people, tired, awake in the night. And to them the angel says, “Do not be afraid.” These words are also for us: do not be afraid of the past, do not be afraid of the future, do not be afraid because you feel you are not good enough. Tonight, God does not come to condemn us, but to save us; not to take something from us, but to give us peace.