Therefore, it is neither the Father alone nor the Holy Spirit alone who wrought the Incarnation, but the Father, the Son and the Holy Spirit, while the Son alone becomes incarnate. So when you are asked who brought about this great mystery, you must answer that it was the work of the most Holy Trinity, but that only the second Person has taken our humanity.
Sermon Christmas Eve 1620
Between the mystery of the Eucharist and that of the Incarnation there is only one difference:
In the incarnation we see the incarnate God in his own Person, and in the Eucharist we see him under a more hidden and obscure form. In both instances it is the same God-Man who was born of the Virgin.
Sermon Christmas Eve 1620
Oh, but the most holy Nativity of Our Lord is a truly great mystery. Each and every one can find in it much consolation, but especially those who are better prepared and have, in imitation of the shepherds, watched carefully over their [passions].
Sermon Christmas Eve 2013
I leave you at the feet of this blessed Mother and Child so that, like little bees, you may gather the milk and honey that flow from these holy mysteries… I beg Him to bless us with His benediction. Amen.”
Sermon Midnight Mass 1622
What else have we to say except that the mystery of Our Lord’s Nativity is also the mystery of the Visitation. Just as the most holy Virgin was to visit her cousin St. Elizabeth, we too must go very often during this octave to visit the Divine Babe lying in the manger.
Sermon Christmas Eve 2013