In his infinite love for us, though we were sinners,
God sent his only Son to free us
from the tyranny of Satan,
to summon us to heaven.

 
St. Ambrose, 4th century

On coming into the world,
Jesus lavished his gifts of goodness, mercy, and love
upon men and women.

 
Pope Benedict XVI

Christ has taken on himself
the whole weakness of our lowly human nature.

 
St. Leo the Great, 5th century

Christ’s credentials came from a supernatural star.
This proved to the Magi that this Child was the Lord
and Creator of the Stars; King of Kings, Lord of Lords.

 
St. Augustine, 5th century

Cling to this most sweet mother
who carried a Son whom the heavens could not contain;
and yet she carried him in the little enclosure
of her holy womb, and held him on her virginal lap.

 
St. Clare of Assisi, 13th century

The Father’s purpose in revealing the Son
was to make himself known to us all.

 
St. Irenaeus, 2nd century

At the first coming,
Christ was wrapped in swaddling clothes in a manger.
At his second coming
he will be clothed in light as in a garment.

 
St. Cyril of Jerusalem, 4th century

The true light has come to illumine our lives
so often beset by the darkness of sin.

 
Pope Francis, 21st century