Entangled in life’s knots? Lift your eyes up to Mary.
Pope Francis gave this New Year’s advice in his homily in St. Peter’s Basilica the morning of the Solemnity of Mary, Mother of God, on New Year’s Day, which also marked the World Day of Peace.
Recalling in Luke’s Gospel that: “All who heard were amazed at what the shepherds told them,” the Pope stressed that at the conclusion of the Octave of Christmas, as we continue to contemplate the Child born for us, “lacking everything yet abounding in love,” what is asked of us today is to be amazed.
“Amazement is what we should feel
