Christmas Day: The Greatest Gift:
Recall your fondest Christmas memories: Most likely, they are family and friends gathered together to cherish one another. The greatest gift you can offer your loved ones is the gift of yourself—your time, your attention, your presence.
Shepherds – Faith:
In today’s Gospel, the shepherds were the poorest of the poor but were given the highest honour and privilege to see the baby Messiah. They glorified and praised God. Are we so distracted by the mundane things and concerns of life that we have become blind to God’s presence in our daily lives?
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Christmas has become the Feast of gifts in imitation of God who has given himself to us. Let us allow our heart, our soul and our mind to be touched by this fact! Among the many gifts that we buy and receive, let us not forget the true gift: to give each other something of ourselves, to give each other something of our time, to open our time to God. In this way anxiety disappears, joy is born, and the feast is created. This also means: when you give gifts for Christmas, do not give only to those who will give to you in return, but give to those who receive from no one and who cannot give you anything back. This is what God has done.
- Pope Benedict XVI (12-24-06)
La Navidad ha llegado a ser la fiesta Why must we give ourselves fully to God? Because God has given Himself to us. If God who owes nothing to us, is ready to impart to us no less than Himself, shall we answer with just a fraction of ourselves?
—Mother Teresa
Recall your fondest Christmas memories: Most likely, they are family and friends gathered together to cherish one another. The greatest gift you can offer your loved ones is the gift of yourself—your time, your attention, your presence.
Shepherds – Faith:
In today’s Gospel, the shepherds were the poorest of the poor but were given the highest honour and privilege to see the baby Messiah. They glorified and praised God. Are we so distracted by the mundane things and concerns of life that we have become blind to God’s presence in our daily lives?
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
Christmas has become the Feast of gifts in imitation of God who has given himself to us. Let us allow our heart, our soul and our mind to be touched by this fact! Among the many gifts that we buy and receive, let us not forget the true gift: to give each other something of ourselves, to give each other something of our time, to open our time to God. In this way anxiety disappears, joy is born, and the feast is created. This also means: when you give gifts for Christmas, do not give only to those who will give to you in return, but give to those who receive from no one and who cannot give you anything back. This is what God has done.
- Pope Benedict XVI (12-24-06)
La Navidad ha llegado a ser la fiesta Why must we give ourselves fully to God? Because God has given Himself to us. If God who owes nothing to us, is ready to impart to us no less than Himself, shall we answer with just a fraction of ourselves?
—Mother Teresa
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