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As Jews faithful to the Law of the Lord, eight days after Your birth Your parents circumcised You and gave You the name of Jesus, the Saviour (Lk 2:21).

When, forty days later, they brought You to the Temple to present You to the Lord, You met Simeon, one of the faithful of Your people (Lk 2:22-25). The Holy Spirit had revealed to him that he would not die before he had seen you. And so it happened! Filled with the Holy Spirit and taking You in His arms, He pronounced over You those unforgettable words:

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Beloved Child, we could exult with joy without ceasing, especially when we look at Your incomparable Mother and Saint Joseph….

What warmth surrounds the Holy Family! With its humanity, permeated by the Spirit of God, it sanctifies the core of human society: the family.

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You wanted to choose simple people: they were shepherds (Lk 2:8-20). You, Beloved Child, love simplicity. You can enter more easily into a simple heart.

And You also make us simple. It is not necessary to know everything at once. It is more important to let Your love burn in us and to hasten like shepherds to pass on the Good News.

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“Glory sing the cherubs in the fields of Bethlehem…”

You are not only the joy of Israel and of all mankind; you are also the joy of the angels, our friends in heaven.

How you must have rejoiced, beloved angels, when you recognised in God’s light His immense Wisdom in choosing this way of salvation!

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Now you are here, Divine Child!

What moved You to come to us, to such a hostile world?

The reason can only lie in Your immeasurable love for our Heavenly Father, and in Your infinite love for us men.

Who can understand it?

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“A child will be born to us; they will call him ‘Mighty God’” (cf. Is 9:5).

“In him all the nations of the earth will be blessed” (cf. Gen 22:18).

In reality, even without knowing it, all men await Him,

because we have been created for Him.

In reality, even without knowing it, all men seek Him,

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With the Child of Bethlehem, a new era begins: the hour of grace.

Everyone is called, everyone is invited to welcome it.

God makes it easy for us to come to Him.

The tenderness of the Child proclaims: “Do not be afraid! I am here!”

So, why should I continue to be afraid?

The Heavenly Father sends His Son and tells us:

“I am so close to you…”

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What is the Lord trying to tell us by choosing not to be born in a royal palace, surrounded by material riches, but in a poor grotto in Bethlehem?

The words of Jesus come to mind: “My kingdom is not of this world” (Jn 18:36).

The first to receive the Good News proclaimed by the angels were simple shepherds (cf. Lk 2:8–14).

It is a different kingdom from the kingdoms of this world that Satan offered Jesus (cf. Mt 4:8–9).

No one is excluded from this Kingdom; all that is required is to accept the message of faith.

It is not the Kingdom of the rich or the learned; it is not the Kingdom of the rulers of this world; it is not a Kingdom of vanities and human honors.

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During the first three weeks of Advent, we have prepared for the Coming of the Lord from three different perspectives:

• In the first week, we meditated on the historical coming of Jesus into the world through biblical texts and liturgy, which attest to the advent of the Redeemer.
• In the second week, we reflected on the birth of Christ in our hearts, so that the biblical event might also become a reality within us. For the Lord not only wanted to be born in Bethlehem, but also desires to live truly in our hearts.
• In the third week, we focused on the theme of the Second Coming of the Lord, which should awaken us to make the most of our time and prepare the way for Him.

For Christian life to be complete, these three aspects must go hand in hand and remain in our awareness. Without the historical reality of Redemption, our faith would be a myth; without its internalization, it would lack depth; and without the prospect of Christ’s Return, it would lose its focus on the goal and its dynamism would diminish.

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Before entering the final stage leading up to the tender feast of the Nativity of Jesus, we must address other events that will take place before the Second Coming of Christ at the End of Time. Yesterday we spoke about the painful apostasy, and today we must also refer to the appearance of false prophets.

“As he sat on the Mount of Olives, the disciples came to him privately, saying, ‘Tell us, when will this be, and what will be the sign of your coming and of the close of the age?’ And Jesus answered them, ‘Take heed that no one leads you astray. For many will come in my name, saying, ‘I am the Christ,’ and they will lead many astray.’” (Mt 24:3–5)

What is a false prophet?

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