The Christmas crib is filled with symbolism. Its classical meaning is a bit 'reductive. Commonly Christmas means the birth of Jesus the Saviour, is a great event, all are having a party, a birthday, etc.. Beyond the fact that Christmas is celebrated in conjunction with the winter solstice is an ancient tradition, or at night The shepherds do not go around, I want to show the hidden messages that may indicate the correct way to realize the values \u200b\u200bof family and society.
We know the characters of the nativity scene: the middle is the representation of the child in the hut or cave, at his side the Virgin and St. Joseph, the ox and the donkey, the star, the Magi and the multitude of people who go to visit.
If we look carefully we see that the most important thing is the manger of the Madonna and baby Jesus. Mary is always depicted with Jesus in her arms. S. Joseph is a figure in the background, he is a kind of guardian. Joseph fact we see only in the infancy of Jesus, then disappears from tradition. S. Joseph is not Jesus' father, has become a father. The real father is God, but the archangel Gabriel in the Annunciation is the link with the flaming sword.
Practically, the Madonna is a single mother with a child in her arms is not a marble statue. No need to pray to the statue of the Madonna in the church and then go out and insult a single mother. At one time it used to take the stones adulterers, today it is spoken evil, are isolated, excluded, and so on. The mothers are marginalized, to receive a grant must address bureaucratic odyssey. The Church defines abortion
a deplorable act, but is not interested in all the episodes that actually inhibit or even whip childhood before conception. Women who work can not have children, are fired or not hired. This is not a kind of abortion quote?
The Church, to be consistent, it should also deal with these social aspects.
Then we have the ox and the donkey to heat the cabin. They were the grandparents who are responsible for heating the home with their love. The child is the center of festivities.
The comet could be a blessing that falls from the sky.
Following are the three kings who bring gifts to the newborn. In Italy, when a child is born has 30 thousand euro of debt on their shoulders.
In reality everything is reversed: at the center of the crib can be found grandparents (the ox and the donkey) who receive gifts from the Magi.
The consideration from the fact that children are the weakest of our capitalist society: they are born naked, you clothe and feed them. Maybe you should come with a credit card attached to the arm or chest. The children are a burden and a woman is a kind of guardian or nurse because the baby is the son of his father, Joseph, the founder.
So, going in order, the Madonna and child are behind the crib, then there is the figure of Joseph in the head of the family and finally, in front of everyone, the ox and the donkey.
The father of Jesus, in the modern transfiguration, an individual is also incomplete, as a definition. Wait for the death of their parents to take their place in society by continuing to do the work that was of the parents, etc..
In this context, the grandparents are those who receive gifts from the Magi. Unlike children, the elderly have a set of social protections earned during a lifetime of work: retirement, termination indemnities, the survivors, accompanied if they are ill and, thanks to a lifetime of sacrifices, have often home ownership and some savings.
Finally, everyone who visits the manger, is the civil society represented by the various crafts like the shepherds, the carpenter, the fishmonger, and so on. which should, in the message of the manger, work by virtue of the newborn child. In fact, however, people work for themselves and not even remotely think that the children of others and often even their own. The greater the wealth you are having fewer children because children are "interferes" in the family-owned, etc..
summary, according to the message of the manger, the child must be placed at the center of the interests of society as a primary objective. The liberation of the individual must be guaranteed in early childhood, the child must be free regardless of family or any social constraints. The gifts of the Magi can represent what? The children must have a pension? They should have at least one guaranteed way ahead and disconnected from ogni tipo di subalternità e condizionamento. Una società che promuove lo sviluppo dell'infanzia in virtù della creazione di un uomo libero. E' difficile spiegarsi in questi termini perché noi siamo abituati a ragionare appunto, in modo capovolto.
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