Inspiring Quotes on the Lord’s Nativity

by Admin · December 22, 2023

‘Let us go over to Bethlehem
and see what the Lord has
made known to us.’
– Shepherds at night (Luke 2:15)

‘Once in our world, a stable had something in it that was bigger than our whole world.’
– CS Lewis (1898-1963)

‘God…came not in a blinding glory that would make faith
superfluous but as a vulnerable little infant, nuzzled by
the animals.’
– Archbishop Desmond Tutu (b.1931)

‘The birth of Jesus is the
‘newness’ that enables us to be reborn each year, and to find,
in him, the strength needed
to face every trial.’
– Pope Francis (b.1936)

‘Into this world, this demented inn in which there is absolutely no room for him at all,
Christ comes uninvited.’
– Fr Thomas Merton (1915-68)

‘Christmas is built upon a
beautiful and intentional
paradox; that the birth of the homeless should be celebrated
in every home.’
– GK Chesterton (1874-1936)

‘Loving God, help us remember the birth of Jesus, that we
may share in the song of the
angels, the gladness of the
shepherds, and the worship of the wise men.’
– Robert Louis Stevenson (1850-94)

‘We know we have had a happy Christmas when our reception
of the Gift of God has turned
us into a gift to others.’
– Fr Sean Wales CSsR (b.1940)