Djetinjstvo Isusovo

He analyzes the Gospel texts and invites the reader to ask himself key questions: "Is what is said true? Does it concern me? If it concerns me, in what way?" These questions with which the book begins are reminiscent of Pilate's: "Where are you from?" This is a question that has accompanied human history throughout all generations, the same one asked by the wise men of the East, the magi, philosophers and astrologers, who represent the restlessness of the human heart in search of the truth, which alone leads to profound joy.

In the Gospel stories of childhood, Benedict XVI, with a wonderful description, establishes the religious root of joy and leads us to the discovery that the Gospel is not a story about the past, but belongs to the present and to modern man. As the Pope introduces the reader to the Gospel reading of Mary's Annunciation, the birth of Jesus and the visit of the wise men who observe the Child and his mother, we arrive at the present: the contemplation of these pages leads to the present day. Today, with the wise men, we find ourselves before the Child and his mother. Today, we wonder about the meaning of that encounter and think about how a woman can say "yes" to God, completely surrendering herself to him.