Christmas isn’t only a celebration of the birth of Jesus Christ, but a reason to slow down and accept God’s “invitation to let His only begotten son be reborn within our hearts and souls,” New York City Cardinal Timothy Dolan said in a Christmas interview airing Sunday.
“I like the idea of quieting down and silence,” Dolan told “Fox News Sunday” host Shannon Bream. “We have the tradition of midnight Mass. That’s the quietest time of evening, ‘Silent Night Holy Night,’ so silence had a lot to do with it.”
During the advent season, the church urges believers to “prepare our souls and hearts” for the arrival of Jesus, Dolan said.
“If that’s going to happen, well, whenever you are going to have a visitor to your house, you’ve got to get the clutter out of the way and you’ve got to make sure the guest room is ready,” said Dolan. “Let’s make sure the guest room is ready for the Christ child, our savior.”
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