The greatest journey in history is the one undertaken by Jesus Christ descending from Heaven to Earth, fulfilling the Plan devised by God to redeem all mankind. That is why the Word became flesh, dwelt and dwells among us: Jesus Christ, true God and true man

This is what we celebrate and experience at Christmas, a Christian holiday throughout the world, including non-Christians who at least participate in the celebration of families, the joy and hope that each person gives their best.

We know Jesus Christ through the Gospels and Epistles of the New Testament, received within the great tradition of the Church, which unites the lives of the first Christians with the Catholics of our time. It is not simply a matter of receiving doctrines, but of encountering Jesus Christ, who is the same yesterday, today, and forever.

This Child we adore in nativity scenes is the same Jesus Christ who will come at the end of time to bring history to a close, a history that has meaning as a journey toward eternity, the Heaven to which we are all called. It is the responsibility of Christians to be consistent with their faith in Jesus Christ, Savior of the world, and it is also the responsibility of every man and woman to do good, to listen to the voice of their conscience, and to open themselves to God.

The Apostles’ Creed accurately reflects the original preaching of the faith, overcoming errors and deviations from its truths. In short, Catholics today profess belief in God the Father, Creator; in the Lord Jesus Christ, Redeemer; in the Holy Spirit, Sanctifier; in the Church and the forgiveness of sins; and in eternal life.

The Nicene Creed

This year 2025 marks seventeen hundred years since the first ecumenical council in Nicaea, concluded in 325, when it was clearly defined who Jesus Christ is: not a messenger of the Father, not a prophet, not an exemplary man, but God from God, light from light, true God from true God, uncreated of the same nature as the Father, and by whom all things were made.

For this reason, the International Theological Commission has published a document this year that precisely and nuanced explains the Church’s faith in Jesus Christ, true God and true man. This study expounds on the immensity of the Trinitarian, Christological, and soteriological faith, with its anthropological and ecclesiological implications. It seeks to highlight the truths about Jesus Christ at the dogmatic level, that is, in precise terms: the fruit of centuries of Magisterium, of the liturgy celebrated in the East and West, and of the faith lived throughout the ages.

The writer Dostoevsky faithfully affirmed his faith in Jesus Christ: “I have forged within myself a symbol, where everything seems clear and sacred to me. This symbol is very simple; here it is: to believe that there is nothing more beautiful, more profound, more comprehensive, more reasonable, stronger, and more perfect than Christ.” And this is not merely a subjective faith, for its firmness stems from adherence to the teachings of the Church and the faith lived by believers.

Healing errors about Jesus Christ 

It might seem that an orderly and reasonable exposition from a faith-based perspective would be useful only to theologians and scholars, even though it would be far removed from the lives and current concerns of Christians. But this is not the case, because if Jesus Christ is not true God and true man, then he could not be the Redeemer of all people in time and space.

Living, ecclesial knowledge of Jesus Christ is reasoned, supernatural faith that avoids certain errors prevalent both yesterday and today, such as separating the historical Jesus from the Christ of faith, confining oneself to personal subjectivism, to detached mysticism, or diluting his eternal figure in an Eastern spiritualism lacking clear contours. In other words, these are ideas that do not correspond to the reality of encountering the living Jesus Christ in the communion of the People of God and in his real presence in the Eucharist.

The Catholic liturgy celebrates each year of grace the mysteries of Jesus Christ, Savior of the world. From the Incarnation in March, to his birth in December, his life on earth, his redemptive Passion and Death, and his Ascension to return to the Father, culminating his journey from Heaven to earth. He has already fulfilled his saving mission and entrusts the Church he founded to the Apostles, preserving his presence forever in the Eucharist.

The joyful adoration of the Christ Child at Christmas extends to the adoration we find in the Eucharist, where we encounter Him truly present with His body, blood, soul, and divinity. And so, Christmas is all year round. That is why, at the beginning of the Eucharistic Prayer at every Mass, Jesus Christ the Priest invites us: “Lift your hearts,” and the faithful response: “We lift them up to the Lord.”