Wednesday, January 7, 2009

Benedict XVI on Epiphany: "Jesus is the center of the universe"

Jesus is a star even more central for the entire universe than the sun. He is the center of the universe and of history, because in Him, the Author and His work are united without confusion." Benedict XVI stated this in this morning's homily celebrating Epiphany, emphasizing that Divine love, incarnated in Christ, is "the fundamental and universal law of creation."

In reference to this year 2009, dedicated to astronomy, the Holy Father analyzed the symbol of the star which guided the Magi (probably astronomers) to Jesus, recalling that the universe is not ruled by a blind force, obedient to a simply material dynamic. Rather, since the beginning, there is the will of God the Father; thus men are not slaves to the elements of the cosmos, but are free to relate to it according to the creative liberty of God. Even today "in face of the great social and economic crisis that torments humanity, in front of the hatred and destructive violence that does not cease to bloody many regions of the earth", the hope of believers in the risen Christ, to Whom "all power in heaven and on earth has been given", never fails.

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