Above: a reflection from the late Pope Benedict XVI on the wonderful mystery we have celebrated in this season, and at the beginning of the Holy Year 2025.
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During this past week, I’ve been digitally “clipping” some of the beautiful and profound invocations, antiphons, and prayers of these days leading up to tomorrow’s great feast. Here are precious prayers encompassing the themes of the mystery of the Incarnation of the Word—the Only-Begotten Son of the Father—and the centrality of this event for our destiny, for the whole world, for all of creation.