In his words before praying the Sunday Angelus, Pope Francis reflected again on the Three Wise Men, who went in search of the Child Jesus to contemplate him, an experience that the faithful can carry out thanks to Eucharistic Adoration.
“It is the decisive experience for them and also important for us: in Jesus, Child we see God made man. And then we look at Him, marveling at His humility,” stated the Holy Father.
In that sense, he added before the 40,000 faithful gathered in St. Peter’s Square, “contemplating Jesus, remaining before Him, adoring Him in the Eucharist: it is not wasting time, but giving meaning to time.”
“This is important, I repeat: worship is not wasting time, but giving meaning to time. It is rediscovering the path of life in the simplicity of a silence that nourishes the heart,” she expressed.
Francis, who previously celebrated the Mass of the Epiphany of the Lord in St. Peter’s Basilica, highlighted that the wise men of the East recognized the presence of God not in a prince or a nobleman, but in a simple Child, “son of poor people.” , and they fell down before Him, worshiping Him.”
For this reason, before beginning the recitation of the Marian prayer, Pope Francis invited Catholics to ask themselves: “In these days have we stopped to worship, have we made a little space for Jesus in silence, praying in front of the manger? ? Have we spent time with the children, talking and playing with them? And finally, do we get to see the world’s problems through the eyes of children?”