"In order to help faithful and little ones prepare for the true meaning of Christmas, Pope Francis has given faithful, and little ones, advice, during today’s Angelus.
Today, Gaudete Sunday, is the traditional Bambinelli Sunday, when children from across Italy bring their figurines of the Baby Jesus for a blessing at the Angelus in St. Peter’s Square.
In his address to the faithful in St. Peter’s Square, Pope Francis reminded faithful that the past Sundays, the liturgy has stressed what it means to put oneself in an attitude of vigilance, and what it entails concretely to prepare the way of the Lord.
After the midday prayer, the Pope affectionately greeted the children that have come for the blessing of the “Baby Jesus’s.”
Zenit
Turn ye not unto idols, nor make to yourselves molten gods:
I am the LORD your God.
Leviticus 19:4