Book launch of “Christmas Crib Its Meaning and Challenge Today (On the 8th Centenary of the First Christmas Crib presented by St. Francis of Assisi in Greccio, Italy, in 1223)” by Fr. Antonio Maria Rosales, OFM.
“The Christmas crib is a ringing proclamation about the kind of God we worship.
“We need the Christmas crib. Ours is the God who is vulnerable, who needs love, who waits and welcomes. The Christmas crib doesn’t need to be great art; it just needs to be tender, human, and full of joy.
“The Christmas crib is a precious heritage, and if we lose or trivialize it or make it a sophisticated work of art only to be admired, we are in danger of losing touch with the very heart of the Christmas mystery. The model of the child in the manger with all his loving and delighted attendants reminds us of the joy at the heart of the universe, of God who touches us and lives in us bodily – a God who is incarnate, who became one of us.
“Christmas crib is a sign of defiance in the face of what is greedy and cruel in our society and a sign of hope that the goodness is in us and near us as we greet the newborn child.” – Excerpt from the book.
