The Archbishop of Los Angeles (United States), Msgr. José Gomez, recalled this December 25 the “powerful promise” that the Gospel makes at Christmas, when the first chapter of the Gospel according to Saint John is read.
Through his Facebook page, Archbishop Gomez stressed that “today, God, the Creator of all that is alive, has become man. The One who is eternal and beyond all time, he has entered into human history. The great ‘God, who is King’, does not come in power, but in weakness. Not to conquer, but to invite”.
After highlighting the important and beautiful messages in the first and second reading of this December 25, the Prelate pointed out that “our Gospel gives us a powerful promise: ‘But to those who accepted him, he gave them the power to become children of God, to those who believe in his name, who were not born by natural generation, nor by human choice, nor by the decision of man, but of God’”.
“Every word of our liturgy today speaks of a truth: God loves us so much that he became one like us, to share our humanity,” he said.
By encouraging going to the manger, the Archbishop of Los Angeles encouraged that “we adore the Child, as the shepherds did on that first Christmas morning. Let us offer this Child the gift of our hearts”.
“The promise of Christmas is that we can make our entire life a living nativity scene,” he stressed.
“By His grace, we can make our lives a place where Jesus Christ is born in our hearts every day, a place where we become more like Jesus every day: more humble, more loving, more holy.”
“On this day of joy, when each land and people sing a new song, when the glory of the only Son of the Father fills the whole earth, I pray that each one of you allows a new awareness of Jesus to awaken in your heart! !” he concluded.
From ACI Prensa translated.
I wonder if Bishop Cantu would question Archbishop Gomez’s credibility, since he is only a foreign-born Hispanic bishop, and not a U.S. born Hispanic bishop like him? Since we are always looking for ways to divide people, maybe we need to distinguish between U.S. Hispanic bishops born in California, and U.S. Hispanic bishops born in other states. Or maybe by which county or city that they are born in. It never ends. If we divide society enough, maybe we will realize that each person is a unique individual created by God, and we can stop creating all the different categories to divide people. The only person that looks and thinks exactly like me is me!
Why are you doing that?
I read the story on Bishop Cantu. He is talking about vocations, not credibility.
God comes in weakness. The Second Person of the Blessed Trinity became incarnated by the Holy Spirit in a Virgin Mother. He was born to be our Savior. Wise men still seek Him.
The final coming, He will come in power.
You’re right. While He came in weakness, He will return in power and glory to judge the living and the dead.