I am in Ras Al Khaimah since yesterday after a long wait. This emirate is one of the fast-developing one in UAE. The Vicariate has a new parish church since 2012. They have an old church in the city also. The new Parish Church is beautiful and in this area there are many churches and other religious places.
Christmas preparations have already begun here in the Parish. The Christmas tree is getting ready so to the Crib....the Christmas spirit is in the air with positive news of Covid Vaccine....take this as a Christmas gift for human being by the `Saviour of the world...who is waiting to be born anew again...let us prepare well and receive him with generous and pure hearts.
Let this Christmas teach us a new lesson of living our lives in communion with the Lord and with our dear and near ones without any expectations, egoism, but giving freely as the Lord gives us without our being worthy. Let us not have and maintain a relationship with the Lord for our own selfish ends and expectations but to be like Him in order to relate well with our near and dear ones.
God shared the good news with us by sending us his only son...He promised to save us by sending a redeemer and he kept us his word....the promise was not a lie but a truth....it was not half promise but a full promise which he fulfilled in His son Jesus Christ. In our Human life, a lie and half-truth or promise can break sweet relationships and bring about the darkness of doubts.
Let us promise the Lord during this Christmas to be honest and truthful to each other and thus build up new deep and meaningful relationships. Let us speak the truth and it may hurt or saddened someone but that way it is better than speaking a lie and trying to gain happiness or making others happy, let us never try because some trust us that their lives depend on our being honest and true.
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