christmas

Reflection Date: December 31, 2023
Call to embody Holy Family ideals in family relationship

Reflection Date: December 30, 2023
Let us be aware of how, in our lives, need to balance different aspects of our lives.

As we prepare to celebrate the “most beautiful time of the year,” let us focus our attention on one important mystery of our Catholic Faith. The birth of the historical JESUS (the First Christmas) is the greatest story ever told. Emmanuel, “God is with us!”

Reflection Date: December 25, 2023
Words uttered with love and compassion have positive vibrations

“war is a massacre of people who don’t know each other for the profit of people who know each other,” a hypothesis that made Pope Francis say, “Many powerful people don’t want peace. There is more profit in war!”

Then be it Manipur or Myanmar, Ukraine or Russia, Afghanistan or Israel or Gaza, the humbleness and helplessness of the Stable beckons us to divert our attention from selfishness to righteousness, from possessions to selflessness, from greed to generosity and so on.

"Let's continue to strengthen the bonds of brotherhood and our environment for the rise of the unitary state of the Republic of Indonesia," said Joko widodo, the Indonesian president

Pope Francis reflected on the manger as Jesus’ closeness, poverty, and concreteness in his homily at Christmas midnight mass in St. Peter’s Basilica on Saturday evening. “What then does the manger tell us? It tells us three things, at least: closeness, poverty, and concreteness,” Pope Francis said.

Reflection Date: December 29, 2022
Let us think back about the gifts we have received from God this season of Christmas.

Hyderabad Archdiocesan Social Service Society (HASSS) provided Dry Ration Kits to the transgenders during the Christmas celebration at Suraram, Hyderabad Archdiocese, on December 21. "It is our honor to welcome our Transgender, who have for so long been pushed to the margins, to this special celebration meant for them. Through this, we remember that Christmas and the love and hope it brings is for everyone," Father Madanu said.

Reflection Date: December 25, 2022
“And the Word became flesh and made his dwelling among us”

Meeting with children assisted by the Vatican’s “Santa Marta” Pediatric Dispensary on Sunday, as well as their parents and volunteer staff, the Pope urged everyone to pray for peace in Ukraine.

‘Sadbhav Christmas’, an interfaith Christmas celebration with members from different Faith communities, was held at the Pilar Pilgrim Centre, Pilar Goa on 17 December 2022 for fostering Interfaith relations and communal harmony.

At the conclusion of the General Audience, Pope Francis called on everyone to renew closeness to Ukrainian brothers and sisters who are suffering greatly, to help them with humanitarian aid and keep them in our hearts throughout Advent and Christmas.

Pope Francis exhorted everyone to rediscover the true richness of Christmas in the address to the delegations who gifted two nativity scenes and a Christmas tree on December 3. The pope said, “In its genuine poverty, the nativity scene helps us to rediscover the true richness of Christmas. Simple and familiar, the nativity scene recalls a different Christmas from the consumerist and commercial one.”

Reflection Date: November 30, 2022
Wise detachment from commercialized Christmas's helps us experience the mystery of the incarnation in our inner lives.

Archbishop Marco Tin Win of Mandalay Archdiocese exhorted the Catholics to focus on spiritual exercises instead of material preparations in solidarity with the suffering brethren in Myanmar.

Reflection Date: December 31, 2021
Let us put into action our thoughts and ideas and make the incarnate Word.

Reflection Date: December 30, 2021
She gave thanks to God and spoke about the child.

Salesian Sisters of Don Bosco in Myanmar express gratitude to their donor ACTS Singapore.