The date December 25 is not like any date. This very day celebrated every year is not like any other day. It is a day which marks bringing about a radical change in the course of life in Earth. It is the birth of the Savior in Bethlehem whose name is Emmanuel, which means "God is with us."
In a few days, the world will welcome a new year, namely 2022. With the start of this new year, the world will heave a sigh of relief. At last, the year 2020 is over with hopes that all this year's disasters that have wreaked havoc on various walks of life will be over.
Caritas is a German word which means love. This word "Caritas" was borrowed to mark the establishment of the most noble charity and humanitarian institution in the world. It is Caritas Internationalis.
God created the world out of love and, in face of man’s sin, He decided to redeem him, also out of love. And to do so, He designed a salvific plan. And He wanted man to take part in that plan, but the plan was unthinkable for man himself, as it was so grandiose and divine. And so He did it. He decided to send His Sone to make Himself one of us. But for a God made man a Mother was needed, and He made Her.
"Glory to God in the highest Heaven, and on Earth peace to those on whom his favor rests." (Luke 2:14)
In current times, haste increases, leaving many to underappreciate the time we are given, and in such times pictures and images are becoming more and more popular; they are stories told in silence, capable to leave an eternal mark in the hearts and the souls.
We have already entered the strong time, the Advent. It is a very special time in which we are called to contemplate the mystery of the Incarnation, in the splendor of the full moon night in which the Son of God becomes flesh and has chosen to become one of us, to dwell among us! This is wonderful and comes out of our small capacities to fully understand this event.
Questions and analyses continue to discuss issues relevant to the conditions experienced by Middle East Christians while trying to find answers to what the future holds for them with reports that are at once optimistic and at others pessimistic, at a time when several regional countries suffer from civil wars, instabilities, and social problems with gargantuan proportions.
Father Jose Maria Montiu, Ph.D. in Philosophy, offers this article on the coming of Advent, which begins on Sunday, November 28. “Christ is coming! This is the arrow of Love!” he says.
For the first time, Majida El Roumi visits the blessed Jordanian land not to sing at a concert as usual--in Jerash, the Dead Sea and others places--but to sing hymns before Christmas celebrations in the wonderful land of baptism. She will sing the hymn, "Christ is born hallelujah." She will also say: “Go an visit them in their homes, their home suffer from poverty since they have nothing." Yet this time, she will say: "Go and visit them in their schools, classes, and take a look how the Corona has burdened them and their parents.
