What is the most important Christmas?
What should happen, without which, it would be like you would not have lived Christmas?
Answer: The birth of Jesus in your heart.
It is possible that you are far from your home, and that you are not with your family.
It’s possible that you do not have the opportunity to give and receive a lot of gifts,
It’s possible that you can not send greeting cards to all your friends,
It’s possible that you can not find a good dinner for Christmas night.
But the most important
is invisible to the eyes,
and that is precisely what brings happiness.
It is the presence of this person: Jesus, who will make you grow in LOVE.
These verses, paraphrased from a hymn I found in the Liturgy of the Hours, can help us discover what is essential without which the mystery of Christmas would never happen in us.
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WHO CAN TELL ME …
1. Who can tell me
THE PLACE
where was Jesus born?
Look well,
Jesús was born, through Mary,
in every place, in every heart,
where the man begins
to open his heart and his hands
to improve life, the destiny of his brothers.
Yes, that’s where Jesus is born.
2. Who can tell me
THE DAY
in which Jesus was born?
Look well,
Jesús was born, through Mary,
in every place, in every heart,
where man begins to open his heart and his hands
to value the lives of his brothers,
to BELIEVE in their greatness, in spite of their errors, their deviations and their sins,
to make them feel, that they are worthy, great,
authentic children of God.
Yes, that’s where Jesus is born.
3. Who can tell me
WHY
Jesús was born?
Look well,
Jesús was born, through Mary,
BECAUSE OF YOU,
so that you begin to open your heart and your hands,
so that you begin to be more interested in your brothers,
so that you begin to open a road of love in the world,
so that your heart becomes a gift for men,
to change for the better
the life of your brothers.
So that you change your heart
and you discover it in what is hidden, in what is small, in what is simple, in the insignificant,
so that you will bow to the mystery that governs with love your destiny and the destiny of our lives.
It’s because of you
that Jesus was born
and that he came into the world,
through Mary.
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I wish you with all my heart that Jesus was born in your heart in this Christmas time!
Merry Christmas 2009!
And with Jesus in your heart:
Happy New Year 2010!
