“What, then, does He desire from us?” the Pope asked: “A great intimacy!”
He wants us to share with Him our joys and sufferings, he said, our desires and fears, hopes and sorrows, people and situations.
The Pope concluded exhorting the faithful to do just this, to open their hearts to Him and to tell Him everything.
“Let us pause in silence before the crib to savour the tenderness of God who became near, who became flesh. And without fear, let us invite Him among us, into our homes, into our families, into our frailties. He will come and life will change.”