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\/>\n.elementor-655 .elementor-element.elementor-element-c589e63 .no-list {<br \/>\n margin: 0 !important;<br \/>\n}<br \/>\n.elementor-655 .elementor-element.elementor-element-c589e63 .hs-error-msg {<br \/>\n font-size: 14px;<br \/>\n margine: 8px 0px;<br \/>\n culoare: #c50000;<br \/>\n}\/* Sf\u00e2r\u0219itul CSS personalizat *\/<br \/>\n\/* Start JX Custom Fonts CSS *\/\/* End JX Custom Fonts CSS *\/<\/p>\n<p>Agen\u021bia Catolic\u0103 de \u0218tiri, Notizie<br \/>\nSt. Francis and the story of the first Nativity scene<\/p>\n<p>Hannah Brockhaus <\/p>\n<p>via EWTN <\/p>\n<p>22.12.25<br \/>\nGiotto\u2019s Nativity fresco projected on the Basilica of St. Francis of Assisi. | Credit: Buffy1982\/ShutterstockIt\u2019s a well-known origin story: how the young and wealthy Francis of Assisi freely abandoned his noble patrimony to serve Christ\u2019s Church as a poor, itinerant preacher.<\/p>\n<p>One of the world\u2019s most beloved saints, the founder of the Franciscan order cared deeply 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He also loved Christmas, the solemnity of the Nativity of the Lord.<\/p>\n<p>St. Francis\u2019 meditations on the life of Christ led him to create the first-ever Nativity scene in Greccio, Italy, in 1223.<\/p>\n<p>It is believed Francis\u2019 inspiration to do a live representation of the birth of Jesus came from his time in the Holy Land in the years 1219 and 1220.<\/p>\n<p>Seeing the holy sites of Christ\u2019s birth, life, death, and resurrection made them feel all the more real \u2014 and he wanted to recreate that experience.<\/p>\n<p>In November 1223, three years before his death, St. Francis was in Rome to await the pope\u2019s approval of the final rule of his friars.<\/p>\n<p>The friar and deacon was already very familiar with the hill town of Greccio, about 50 miles north of Rome. He had first arrived there over a decade prior and would frequently return to preach to the people of the surrounding countryside.<\/p>\n<p>Eventually, a hermitage was built for St. Francis a short distance outside the town.<\/p>\n<p>Ahead of his return to the hermitage, two weeks before Christmas, Francis asked his friend, Lord of Greccio Giovanni Velita, to prepare a cave with live animals and a hay-filled manger.<\/p>\n<p>The friar had, during his audience with the pope, already received permission to stage the scene of Jesus\u2019 birth in Bethlehem.<\/p>\n<p>According to the first biographer of St. Francis, Brother Thomas of Celano, the friar desired to \u201cre-present the birth of that Child in Bethlehem in such a way that with our bodily eyes we may see what he suffered for lack of the necessities of a newborn babe and how he lay in a manger between the ox and ass.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>That was how, in December 1223, in the rocky crags a short distance outside Greccio, people flocked to see the simple scene during Christmas Mass.<\/p>\n<p>St. Francis, who was a deacon, proclaimed the Gospel and preached the homily.<\/p>\n<p>According to accounts of the moment, fires lit the dark scene while crowds arrived at the spot carrying candles and torches.<\/p>\n<p>An eyewitness says a miracle happened at Mass that night.<\/p>\n<p>Giovanni Veleti asserted that he saw a real infant appear in the empty manger and that St. Francis took the beautiful child into his arms, holding him to his chest in an embrace.<\/p>\n<p>In the period that followed, other miracles were reported, brought about by touching the straw of the manger where the Child Jesus had appeared.<\/p>\n<p>Miraculous healings took place after pieces of hay were placed on sick animals or laboring women in difficulty.<\/p>\n<p>The place where the first Nativity was staged can still be seen today in the Franciscan hermitage and sanctuary outside the main town. The rock is topped by an altar for celebrating Mass and adorned with frescoes depicting Jesus\u2019 birth.<\/p>\n<p>Pope Francis visited the spot two times: once in 2016 and again on Dec. 1, 2019, when he signed an apostolic letter on the meaning and importance of Nativity scenes.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAll those present\u201d at St. Francis\u2019 Christmas Mass, Pope Francis wrote in Admirabile Signum, \u201cexperienced a new and indescribable joy in the presence of the Christmas scene. The priest then solemnly celebrated the Eucharist over the manger, showing the bond between the incarnation of the Son of God and the Eucharist. At Greccio there were no statues; the Nativity scene was enacted and experienced by all who were present.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Every year at Christmas, the people of Greccio stage a live, historical reenactment of St. Francis and the first Nativity scene. The performance is now in its 50th year.<\/p>\n<p>This story was first published on Dec. 23, 2022, and has been updated by CNA.<\/p>\n<p>Primi\u021bi cele mai importante \u0219tiri de la EWTN Vatican prin WhatsApp. A devenit din ce \u00een ce mai dificil s\u0103 vede\u021bi \u0219tiri catolice pe social media. Abona\u021bi-v\u0103 ast\u0103zi la canalul nostru gratuit<\/p>\n<p>EWTN Vatican pe WhatsApp <\/p>\n<p>Hannah Brockhaus<br \/>\nHannah Brockhaus este corespondentul principal al Catholic News Agency la Roma. 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