Msgr. Pope on on Some of the Reasons Why Jesus Was Born When and Where He Was

"We live in a culture that tends toward a kind of temporal pride. We think that we have come of age, that we are smarter and wiser than our forebears. Scientific, technical, and medical knowledge are more highly developed to be sure, but there is more to life than what falls into those realms.

"The religious version of temporal pride is expressed in this utterance: 'If Jesus lived in our times, He would . . .' The sentence is then completed with any view we favor or consider to be 'enlightened' and 'modern.' Jesus did not choose to live in our time, however, and there may well be good reasons for that. As God, He could have chosen any age - and He did not choose ours.

"St. Thomas Aquinas, who lived in the 13^th century, pondered the reasons for the time and place of Jesus' birth in his Summa Theologica. In it he addressed some of the questions and objections raised during his era. . . ."

In a recent commentary, and using the writings of St. Thomas Aquinas, Monsignor Charles Pope (pastor of Holy Comforter-Saint Cyprian Parish, Washington, DC) reflected  on some aspects of the incarnation and birth of Jesus.

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