His point was that a mundane action, carried out in a disciplined way, can be transformative. So it is with prayer.

Dec. 10, Second Saturday of Advent

A conversation with James Martin, S.J., who served as an adviser to the film.

The nativity seen should remind us of the marginalized, the pope said.

A child cannot be grasped, like an object. A child can only be caressed, which is to touch without possessing.