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Ya en el segundo siglo, San Justino M\u00e1rtir escribi\u00f3 lo que hab\u00eda aprendido sobre el nacimiento de Jes\u00fas. Afirm\u00f3 que \u201cen el momento del nacimiento del ni\u00f1o en Bel\u00e9n y al no tener un lugar para quedarse en ese pueblo, Jos\u00e9 se detuvo en una gruta cerca del \u00e1rea poblada; y mientras estaban all\u00ed, Mar\u00eda dio a luz a Cristo y lo acost\u00f3 en un pesebre.\u201d Peregrinos tienen hoy la oportunidad de orar en esa misma gruta, tocando sus paredes y besando la tierra misma donde la humanidad y la divinidad se unieron para recibir nosotros la salvaci\u00f3n.<\/p>\n

Al contemplar Mar\u00eda y Jos\u00e9 el rostro de su hijo reci\u00e9n nacido, se convirtieron en las primeras personas en ver a Dios cara a cara. El Dios invisible de sus antepasados apareci\u00f3 en medio de ellos. En palabras de San Pablo, en esa gruta Jes\u00fas nos dio por primera vez en la historia la \u201cimagen del Dios invisible\u201d. Lo que estaba oculto fue revelado, y lo que era inaccesible de repente pod\u00eda ser cargado en los brazos de una madre.<\/p>\n

La buena nueva fue anunciada primero por \u00e1ngeles a pastores que estaban cerca. En el siglo cuarto, San Jer\u00f3nimo describi\u00f3 una \u201ciglesia de los pastores\u201d cerca de Bel\u00e9n donde hab\u00eda una gruta y un altar marcando el lugar donde los \u00e1ngeles se aparecieron a los pastores.\u201d Es bueno considerar que la buena nueva de salvaci\u00f3n se anunci\u00f3 primero a un grupo de hombres n\u00f3mades que ambulaban por el campo buscando comida y agua para sus ovejas.<\/strong> Tomando la expresi\u00f3n que el Papa Francisco utiliza a menudo, los \u00e1ngeles llevaron su anuncio al margen de la sociedad y este fue bien recibido all\u00ed. Los pastores se dirigieron inmediatamente a la gruta para adorar al ni\u00f1o. De lo contrario, cuando los reyes magos comunicaron a Herodes del nacimiento del rey de los jud\u00edos, Herodes inmediatamente qued\u00f3 perturbado e inici\u00f3 considerando como podr\u00eda eliminarlo.<\/p>\n

Nuestro creador se ha convertido como nosotros en todo menos el pecado: este es el misterio de la encarnaci\u00f3n y la fuente de la alegr\u00eda navide\u00f1a. Durante este tiempo de Navidad, celebramos que Dios nos ama tanto que ha venido a habitar entre nosotros, y as\u00ed reconciliarnos a s\u00ed mismo. No todos tienen la oportunidad de ser peregrinos en Tierra Santa y visitar la gruta de Bel\u00e9n, pero todos pueden alegrarse con el anuncio de la buena nueva de salvaci\u00f3n y abrir sus corazones al ni\u00f1o nacido en Bel\u00e9n.<\/p>\n