Christmas Wish

" Christmas is not just a traditional feast: the birthday of a child born 2005 yeard ago… Christmas is alive! Not only in churches with manger scenes, but among people in this climate of joy, friendship, and goodness that it brings with it each year."

These words of Chiara Lubich brought new light to my way of living this season...

"We need Love. We need Jesus to come back with power. Baby Jesus is always the immense gift of the Father to humanity, even though not everyone recognizes him. We have to offer our thanks to the Father also for them. We need to celebrate Christmas and renew our faith in the infant-God who came to save us, to create a new family of brothers and sisters united by love, extended all over the world."

I felt the need to open my eyes and see with much care everything that does not speak of christmas...

"Let’s look around us… so that this love may reach everyone, but especially those who are in pain, who are most in need, all those who are alone, poor, small and ill…." May the communion with them of affection and goods make a family shine forth of true brothers and sisters who celebrate Christmas together and continue even beyond it. Who can resist the power of love?In preparing for Christmas, let us display gestures which bring about concrete action. They will be remedies to problems that may seem small, but applied on a vast scale, they can be light and solutions for the serious problems of the world."

Wishing you all the best in this season of grace.