” “” “In presenting Ephrem’s work, the Pope highlighted his special way of doing theology "in a poetic form": "poetry said the Pope enables him to go deeper into the theological reflection through paradoxes and figures of speech". Then, the Pope read out to the pilgrims some passages from hymns composed by the saint, such as the one about Christ’s nativity. "His commented the Holy Father is a theological reflection expressed with figures and symbols taken from nature, from daily life and from the Bible. To poetry and to the hymns for the liturgy, Ephrem gives a didactic and catechetical character; these are theological hymns, which at the same time are also suitable for saying or for liturgical singing. Ephrem used these hymns to spread the doctrine of the Church on the occasion of the liturgical celebrations". ” “” “” “
