Fr. Fortunato, a Franciscan priest, has published a new book entitled “Gioia mai gustata”, introducing the history of the Christmas crib for almost 800 years, from the first time that St. Francis built the Christmas in Grazio Il crib, in Sant’Afonso in Amalfi Coast to find inspiration for the Christmas carol “You are descended from the stars”.
(Vatican News Network)The journalist don Enzo Fortunato, former director of the press office of the Franciscan House of Assisi, publishes a new book entitled “Joy never tasted, St. Francis and the invention of the crib”. This book traces the almost 800-year history of the crib: from the time of St. Inspired by this he composed the well-known Christmas song “Tu scendi dalle stelle”. Cardinal Mauro Gambetti and Archbishop Rino Fisichella were also present at the presentation of the new book.
Cardinal Gambetti was originally the head of the Franciscan Order of Assisi and is now the pope’s vicar in Vatican City State. “The Lord of the Universe made himself poor at Christmas for us poor – the cardinal underlined -. We have an absolute solitude in which the incarnate Lord shares our solitude. In this solitude we also feel a sense of communion”. the good and the splendor from above”.
Archbishop Fisikeira is the representative designated by the Pope to prepare for the Jubilee of 2025. At the presentation of the new book, the archbishop underlined the simple message of the Christmas crib. It is “the simplicity we all need today, to bring us back to the Child Jesus who came among us, and restore the beauty of the human ability to discover love”. We cannot “understand the manger” without rediscovering our ability to love.
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