God is not afraid of our poverty

Pope Francis affirmed that “God wants to do great things through our poverty”.

In a message broadcast this Monday, January 4 via his official profile on the social network Twitter, the Holy Father affirmed that “as in Bethlehem, God also wants to do great things with us through our poverty. He put all our salvation in a stable manger and is not afraid of our poverty. May his mercy transform our miseries! “.

As in Bethlehem, God also wants to do great things with us through our poverty. He has put all of our salvation in a stable manger and is not afraid of our poverty. May his mercy transform our miseries!

– Pope Francis (@Pontifex_es) January 4, 2021

In accordance with this message, during the Angelus of Friday, January 1, the Pontiff recalled that “God gives us the responsibility to be workers for peace” and, as such, “each of us, men and women of this time, is called to bring peace every day and in every living environment, holding the hand of the brother who needs a word of comfort, a gesture of tenderness, a solidarity help. to us a responsibility given by God ”.

Furthermore, during the celebration of the Rooster Mass on December 24, 2020, the Pope underlined that Christ “came into the world as a child comes into the world, weak and fragile” and recalled that he was born “in the poor nursery of a dark stable “,” without decent housing, in poverty and rejection “, to” make us understand how much he loves our human condition: to the point of touching with his concrete love our worst misery “.