At the heart of the mystery is the paradox that the glorious God decided to manifest Himself in the helplessness of a Child who is overlooked by adult society and comes into the world in a stable. The powerlessness of a child has become the proper expression of God all sub-during power, for the only force He employs is the silent force of truth and love.
It was, then, in the defenseless weakness of a Child that God wanted us to have our first encounter with saving mercy. And, in fact, how comforting it is, amid all the self assertiveness of this world’s powers, to see the peaceful tranquility of God and us to experience the security emanating from a power that in the end will be stronger than any other force and will outlast all the loud triumphal cries of the world.
Pope Emeritus Benedict XVI
