{"id":1907,"date":"2013-01-02T18:13:00","date_gmt":"2013-01-02T18:13:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.catholicnewsagency.com\/news\/jesus-birth-should-deepen-trust-in-god-pope-teaches\/"},"modified":"2013-01-02T18:13:00","modified_gmt":"2013-01-02T18:13:00","slug":"jesus-birth-should-deepen-trust-in-god-pope-teaches","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/catholicnews\/2013\/01\/jesus-birth-should-deepen-trust-in-god-pope-teaches\/","title":{"rendered":"Jesus’ birth should deepen trust in God, Pope teaches"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<\/head>

Vatican City, Jan 2, 2013 \/ 11:13 am (CNA\/EWTN News<\/a>).- The birth of Jesus causes joy because it gives us the certainty that God \u201cworks wonders in weakness,\u201d Pope Benedict XVI said Jan. 2.<\/p>\n

\t\u201cThe Nativity of the Lord once again illuminates the darkness that often surrounds our world and our hearts with his light, bringing hope and joy,\u201d he said during his weekly general audience in the Vatican\u2019s Paul VI Hall.<\/p>\n

\tThe pontiff opened and closed his remarks with Pilate's question to Christ at his trial: \u201cWhere do you come from?\u201d<\/p>\n

\tPope Benedict answered that the Gospels show Christ's \u201ctrue origin\u201d is from God the Father, and that he \u201ccomes entirely from him.\u201d<\/p>\n

\tThat Christ \u201cby the Holy Spirit was incarnate of the Virgin Mary,\u201d is a mystery \u201ccentral to our profession of faith,\u201d he stated.<\/p>\n

\t\u201cAt this phrase we kneel because the veil which hid God is, so to speak, lifted and his unfathomable and inaccessible mystery touches us directly,\u201d the Pope reflected.<\/p>\n

\tHe said that sacred music composed by the \u201cgreat masters \u2026 lingers especially on this phrase, as if to try to express in the universal language of music what words cannot: the great mystery of God who becomes Incarnate, becomes man.\u201d<\/p>\n

\tThe Pope mentioned in particular Mozart's Coronation Mass as an example of the beautiful expression of the Incarnation in sacred music.<\/p>\n

\tHe also reflected on how the Creed gives particular importance to Mary, the Mother of God.<\/p>\n

\t\u201cWithout her, the entry of God into human history would not have come to its end.\u201d<\/p>\n

\tMary's acceptance of God into her life is an example for us when we are discouraged, he told his listeners. When we feel inadequate, we can look to the humble maid of Nazareth and take heart.<\/p>\n

\t\u201cGod chose a humble woman, in an unknown village, in one of the most distant provinces of the great Roman Empire. Always, even in the midst of the most difficult problems to face, we must trust in God, renewing faith in His presence and action in our history, like in that of Mary.\u201d<\/p>\n

\tWith God, the Pope affirmed, our lives are built on solid ground and we can be \u201copen to a future of firm hope.\u201d<\/p>\n

\tHe said that the Holy Spirit \u201covershadowing\u201d Mary as she conceived Christ is an image of the creation of the world and of the cloud which led the Israelites through the exodus from Egypt.<\/p>\n

\tThe gift of faith given in baptism, Pope Benedict recalled, allows believers to share in Christ's relationship with God the Father.<\/p>\n

\t\u201cOnly if we open ourselves to God \u2026 our life takes on a new meaning and a new face: that of the children of a Father who loves us and never abandons us.\u201d<\/p>\n

\n<\/a>\n<\/div>\n

<\/p>\n<\/body><\/html>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Vatican City, Jan 2, 2013 \/ 11:13 am (CNA\/EWTN News).- The birth of Jesus causes joy because it gives us the certainty that God “works wonders in weakness,” Pope Benedict XVI said Jan. 2.<\/p>\n

\t“The Nativity of the Lord once again illumin…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1031,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1907","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-vatican"],"yoast_head":"\nJesus' birth should deepen trust in God, Pope teaches<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Vatican City, Jan 2, 2013 \/ 11:13 am (CNA\/EWTN News).- The birth of Jesus causes joy because it gives us the certainty that God “works wonders in weakness,” Pope Benedict XVI said Jan. 2. “The Nativity of the Lord once again illumin...\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/catholicnews\/2013\/01\/jesus-birth-should-deepen-trust-in-god-pope-teaches\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Jesus' birth should deepen trust in God, Pope teaches\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Vatican City, Jan 2, 2013 \/ 11:13 am (CNA\/EWTN News).- The birth of Jesus causes joy because it gives us the certainty that God “works wonders in weakness,” Pope Benedict XVI said Jan. 2. “The Nativity of the Lord once again illumin...\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/catholicnews\/2013\/01\/jesus-birth-should-deepen-trust-in-god-pope-teaches\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Catholic News\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2013-01-02T18:13:00+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~ff\/catholicnewsagency\/dailynews?d=yIl2AUoC8zA\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"CNA Daily News\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"CNA Daily News\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"2 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/catholicnews\/2013\/01\/jesus-birth-should-deepen-trust-in-god-pope-teaches\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/catholicnews\/2013\/01\/jesus-birth-should-deepen-trust-in-god-pope-teaches\/\",\"name\":\"Jesus' birth should deepen trust in God, Pope teaches\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/catholicnews\/#website\"},\"datePublished\":\"2013-01-02T18:13:00+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2013-01-02T18:13:00+00:00\",\"author\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/catholicnews\/#\/schema\/person\/35d4bd7addc580050842c844a11575f1\"},\"description\":\"Vatican City, Jan 2, 2013 \/ 11:13 am (CNA\/EWTN News).- The birth of Jesus causes joy because it gives us the certainty that God “works wonders in weakness,” Pope Benedict XVI said Jan. 2. “The Nativity of the Lord once again illumin...\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/catholicnews\/2013\/01\/jesus-birth-should-deepen-trust-in-god-pope-teaches\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/catholicnews\/2013\/01\/jesus-birth-should-deepen-trust-in-god-pope-teaches\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/catholicnews\/2013\/01\/jesus-birth-should-deepen-trust-in-god-pope-teaches\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/catholicnews\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Jesus’ birth should deepen trust in God, Pope teaches\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/catholicnews\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/catholicnews\/\",\"name\":\"Catholic News\",\"description\":\"\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/catholicnews\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":\"required name=search_term_string\"}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/catholicnews\/#\/schema\/person\/35d4bd7addc580050842c844a11575f1\",\"name\":\"CNA Daily News\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/catholicnews\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/8f1180c7dca7995d4a997aac72a3a88a?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/8f1180c7dca7995d4a997aac72a3a88a?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"caption\":\"CNA Daily News\"},\"sameAs\":[\"http:\/\/www.catholicnewsagency.com\/\"],\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/catholicnews\/author\/cna-daily-news\/\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"Jesus' birth should deepen trust in God, Pope teaches","description":"Vatican City, Jan 2, 2013 \/ 11:13 am (CNA\/EWTN News).- The birth of Jesus causes joy because it gives us the certainty that God “works wonders in weakness,” Pope Benedict XVI said Jan. 2. “The Nativity of the Lord once again illumin...","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/catholicnews\/2013\/01\/jesus-birth-should-deepen-trust-in-god-pope-teaches\/","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"Jesus' birth should deepen trust in God, Pope teaches","og_description":"Vatican City, Jan 2, 2013 \/ 11:13 am (CNA\/EWTN News).- The birth of Jesus causes joy because it gives us the certainty that God “works wonders in weakness,” Pope Benedict XVI said Jan. 2. “The Nativity of the Lord once again illumin...","og_url":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/catholicnews\/2013\/01\/jesus-birth-should-deepen-trust-in-god-pope-teaches\/","og_site_name":"Catholic News","article_published_time":"2013-01-02T18:13:00+00:00","og_image":[{"url":"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~ff\/catholicnewsagency\/dailynews?d=yIl2AUoC8zA"}],"author":"CNA Daily News","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"CNA Daily News","Est. reading time":"2 minutes"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/catholicnews\/2013\/01\/jesus-birth-should-deepen-trust-in-god-pope-teaches\/","url":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/catholicnews\/2013\/01\/jesus-birth-should-deepen-trust-in-god-pope-teaches\/","name":"Jesus' birth should deepen trust in God, Pope teaches","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/catholicnews\/#website"},"datePublished":"2013-01-02T18:13:00+00:00","dateModified":"2013-01-02T18:13:00+00:00","author":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/catholicnews\/#\/schema\/person\/35d4bd7addc580050842c844a11575f1"},"description":"Vatican City, Jan 2, 2013 \/ 11:13 am (CNA\/EWTN News).- The birth of Jesus causes joy because it gives us the certainty that God “works wonders in weakness,” Pope Benedict XVI said Jan. 2. “The Nativity of the Lord once again illumin...","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/catholicnews\/2013\/01\/jesus-birth-should-deepen-trust-in-god-pope-teaches\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/catholicnews\/2013\/01\/jesus-birth-should-deepen-trust-in-god-pope-teaches\/"]}]},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/catholicnews\/2013\/01\/jesus-birth-should-deepen-trust-in-god-pope-teaches\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/catholicnews\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Jesus’ birth should deepen trust in God, Pope teaches"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/catholicnews\/#website","url":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/catholicnews\/","name":"Catholic News","description":"","potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/catholicnews\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":"required name=search_term_string"}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/catholicnews\/#\/schema\/person\/35d4bd7addc580050842c844a11575f1","name":"CNA Daily News","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/catholicnews\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/8f1180c7dca7995d4a997aac72a3a88a?s=96&d=mm&r=g","contentUrl":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/8f1180c7dca7995d4a997aac72a3a88a?s=96&d=mm&r=g","caption":"CNA Daily News"},"sameAs":["http:\/\/www.catholicnewsagency.com\/"],"url":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/catholicnews\/author\/cna-daily-news\/"}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/catholicnews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1907","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/catholicnews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/catholicnews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/catholicnews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1031"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/catholicnews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1907"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/catholicnews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1907\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/catholicnews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1907"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/catholicnews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1907"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/catholicnews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1907"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}