Christmas, without a doubt is my second favourite time of the year. Why second and not first? The Holy Week and Easter season is my favourite because Jesus died and rose again to defeat death and to save us all from ourselves, basically. Christmas is a time for unity and love. It is one of the only times of the year where pretty much everything closes so that people can spend a day together as family, whether they be blood related or not. There's food, drinks, laughter, gifts, fun and more laughter.
My favourite part about Christmas though is coming together with people who have similar beliefs and celebrating a night that should never EVER be forgotten: the night that our Lord and Saviour was born into his earthly life in a farmshed in Bethlehem... with a manger for a cradle. When the wise men and shepherds and the poor came to visit, and when after having a dream (given to them buy God) to not return to Herod, the wise men, after giving Jesus the gifts that they had brought him, left on another route back to the East.
Jesus was born into a family with no wealth; a true working class family. Even from the beginning of his earthly life inside of Mary, he lived a truly humble life. We would do well to remember that to change the world around us, to help those who are poor, imprisoned, or have the underhand in any way that we don't need a great deal of wealth; we don't really need any monetary sum: we just have to be there to give them company and to bring them peace and joy through prayer and learning together.
May we all remember this Christmas just exactly what Christmas is about and where it originated: from the Christ-mass that occurred on that divine night over 2000 years ago in the little town of Bethlehem: The birth of our King and Saviour. Let us wait in eager anticipation for the anniversary of that very special night, and celebrate it with those who we can: family, friends, other lonely people. Let us make this Christmas truly merry! Merry first day of Advent everyone; may God bless you all and keep you!
My favourite part about Christmas though is coming together with people who have similar beliefs and celebrating a night that should never EVER be forgotten: the night that our Lord and Saviour was born into his earthly life in a farmshed in Bethlehem... with a manger for a cradle. When the wise men and shepherds and the poor came to visit, and when after having a dream (given to them buy God) to not return to Herod, the wise men, after giving Jesus the gifts that they had brought him, left on another route back to the East.
Jesus was born into a family with no wealth; a true working class family. Even from the beginning of his earthly life inside of Mary, he lived a truly humble life. We would do well to remember that to change the world around us, to help those who are poor, imprisoned, or have the underhand in any way that we don't need a great deal of wealth; we don't really need any monetary sum: we just have to be there to give them company and to bring them peace and joy through prayer and learning together.
May we all remember this Christmas just exactly what Christmas is about and where it originated: from the Christ-mass that occurred on that divine night over 2000 years ago in the little town of Bethlehem: The birth of our King and Saviour. Let us wait in eager anticipation for the anniversary of that very special night, and celebrate it with those who we can: family, friends, other lonely people. Let us make this Christmas truly merry! Merry first day of Advent everyone; may God bless you all and keep you!
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