The hardness of people’s hearts is melted by generosity

THE season of Advent, four weeks of waiting for the coming of our Saviour, has passed and we have come to the great day of Christmas. This is a unique time. Something altogether different takes us over. This is a time for all people to celebrate. If you want to enter the mystery of Christmas fully please reflect on the following:

True spirituality is based on the ultimate gift of God to each one of us – Jesus, God’s only Son, Emmanuel, God with us

God loves you and me – He became flesh and lived (and lives!) among us

Every human life is sacred. His coming among us as a baby makes every one of us sacred from the first moment of our being.

God comes to save us from all evil, from sin, from corruption, from abuse, from death. Jesus means Saviour. He saves us, we rejoice in the freedom God wants us to enjoy. When He comes again and He will He will save us from our sins.

Christmas is a time of contrasts, the homeless Jesus is celebrated and welcomed in all our homes, the cold outside is contrasted with the warmth of burning hearths, the hardness of peoples’ hearts is melted by the warmth of our own hearts as we give generously to the homeless, the stranger, the refugee.

I welcome you to come and celebrate with the parish family of Jesus followers by meeting Jesus in the Christmas Carols, the sacrament of Confession, at Mass over the Christmas, and in your relationships with your family, your parish community, and with all people.

Be generous with your smile, your good cheer, your generosity of heart, and your prayers at home and in the church.

God has been generous to you now you go and be generous to God and to all the people you meet.

Happy Christmas!