“The birth of Our Lord gives rise to a thousand thoughts and affections in our hearts! Never could there have been a poorer or a happier birth, nor at the same time a more happy and radiant mother! As St Francis of Assisi used to say of the little Infant of Bethlehem,He inspired him to despise greatness and earthly ambitions, summoning him back to the sublime love of abjection.”
Source: Letters O. 22 p212