The 36th Christmas Concert will be televised on New Year’s Day. Pope Francis received the artists who participated in the event before Christmas: Your talent is both a gift and a responsibility.
(Vatican News Network)On December 17, Pope Francis received the artists of the 36th Christmas Concert, including internationally renowned singers of different musical genres such as pop, rock and vocal. This year’s concert will be televised on New Year’s Day, with the theme of peace. For this reason, the Pope particularly exhorted everyone to become “artisans of peace”, and recalled that “peace is the generalization of all the good things that we can expect”, and for this our commitment is worthwhile. Sponsors of the event are the Pontifical Foundation Gravissimum Educationis and the Congregation for Culture and Education of the Holy See.
“Peace, as we all know, is built day by day, the aspiration that accompanies and animates our daily lives. Pope. As stated in the slogan of the Solidarity Project promoted together with the 2010 concert. In Ukraine, the Salesians of the “Mission Bosco” accompany the population in welcoming refugees and distributing food and medicines. support them too; and we are all called to be peacemakers, called to pray and fight for peace, whatever our status.”
“The message that the Word of God transmits to us every year in Advent is not a message of resignation or pain, but a message of hope and joy, a message that needs to be internalized and spread”. he said music and singing also played an important role.
“Through your songs you are helping to spread this message of love and life, touching the hearts of many and spreading fraternity ever more. This is God’s strength that works in human history, even in moments of pain and desolation. The situation is no exception: God has mercifully called each of us to use our talents and limitations, and he wishes to save the world today.”
The pope invited those present to become aware every day that their talents “are both a gift and a responsibility” and to embrace “grateful and aware” for this. The pope concluded: “Music contributes to relaxation, dialogue, encounter and friendship. In this sense it is a path that opens up to peace”.
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