THOUGHTS FROM OUR HEAD OF SCHOOL, JOSEPH VORBACH:
The other day, Twitter and other media outlets were appropriately abuzz with the video footage of Pope Francis' reaction when a six year-old boy from Argentina wandered on to the altar during a papal audience to find out if the Swiss guard was a real person. The boy's mother came before the Pope and shared with him that her son could not speak and the Pope said of the little boy:
“This child cannot speak, but he knows how to communicate. He is free. When Jesus says we must become like children, He is telling us we must have the freedom children have with their father. This child has taught us all. And we ask for the grace that he may speak."
As we begin the Advent season, a time during which we prayerfully await the Christ child, perhaps we can learn from the little boy, and the Holy Father's observations, and prepare for Christmas with a great sense of child-like wonder about the miracle that is the source of our Faith.
If you haven't seen the video of this moment, it is worth a look HERE...