Peacemakers
who sow in peace raise a harvest of righteousness.
James
3:18
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Let's
All be an instrument of Peace!
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Everywhere
- In any condition
- At any time |
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The Son of God Became
the Son of Man
Every
year when we celebrate Christmas, we ponder upon the mystery of Christ
becoming man though we know we can never reach a full understanding of
it in the earth for it will remain always a mystery of our faith (mysterium
fidei). Yet we enjoy celebrating Christmas for different reasons.
For some, it is simply a festive time just like that. For some, it is
something intrinsically associated with the weather, the snowy season
to be precise. If Christmas is not white, it is not Christmas at all to
this kind of people. For some, it is just a cultural feast having no religious
meaning at all.
This recalls to my mind what a friend of mine who recently came from Africa
to visit his family in London told me. One day, he found himself in a
supermarket, which was decorated with Christmas trees and lights. Just
to see people's reactions, he asked one of the girls working there what
Christmas means. To his astonishment, she did not have a foggiest idea
what it really is. She simply told him that it is a time of the year in
which people exchange gifts to each other. She also added that it might
also be something like a religious stuff. My friend was shocked when she
told him she heard that in the USA some people say it is the birthday
of Jesus. "How about here," he asked himself, "does it
have other meaning in this country?" My friend asked what Jesus was
and her answer was that he was a religious leader. At least she had some
notion that Jesus was a religious leader. My friend could not work it
out to reconcile of what he heard with what he had expected.
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