"The word of God became a human being and lived among us" Jn 1:14"Jesus was fully human. To us, humanity means frailty and failure; hence, our dilemma. We need a God who is beyond us and yet one with whom we can identify. That was God's intention in the Incarnation. In Jesus, God put himself into a real man who might have lived next door.”
Dr. David L. Mc Kenna
CHRISTMAS FAITH QUOTES BY FAMOUS PEOPLE
“It is true that the world has had to confront moments of darkness this year but ...There are millions of people lighting candles of hope in our world today. Christmas is a good time to be thankful for them, and for all that brings light to our lives.”
Queen Elizabeth 2nd, Christmas message, 2015
"If we stumble along the way that leads to communion with you because of your smallness, you are capable of removing all the obstacles that prevent us from doing this.
There is a ruthless competition between governments, churches, peoples, within families, from one parish to another: Who of us is the greatest? The world is festering with painful wounds because of this great illness: Who is the greatest?
But today we have found in you, O Son of God, our one medicine. We, and the whole world, will not find salvation or peace unless we go back to encounter you anew in the manger of Bethlehem... "
Fr Mattá al-Miskīn
Enjoy these small spiritual ways to celebrate Christmas which invite us to make the most of Christmas time if we dedicate some time to our inner selves! They are shared with us by the Society of Christian Doctrine of Malta, known as MUSEUM.
TOP POPES' QUOTES ABOUT CHRISTMAS
"ENSURE THAT HOLY CHRISTMAS is never a celebration of commercial consumerism, of appearances or of useless gifts, or of excessive waste, but that it is a celebration of joyfully welcoming the Lord into the crib and into the heart.”
Pope Francis, Meeting with the personnel of the Holy See, 2014
INCARNATION QUOTES BY THE FATHERS OF THE CHURCH
“Our Saviour, dearly-beloved, was born today: let us be glad.
For there is no proper place for sadness, when we keep the birthday of the Life, which destroys the fear of mortality and brings to us the joy of promised eternity. No one is kept from sharing in this happiness.”
St Leo the Great
