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Goa Sudharop Annual Awards
January 5, 2011 - 3:45 - 6:30pm
Hotel Mandovi, Panaji, Goa
Details at: http://bit.ly/GoaSudharop2011
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More Thoughts for Christmas Season
"This is the real commitment of Advent: to bring joy to others. Joy is the true
gift of Christmas, not expensive presents that demand time and money" (Pope
Benedict XVI).
The Advent and Christmastide could be called the Season of Joy.
It is a time for us to receive joy and to give to others the joy of Christ. We
receive God's joy and we ponder, reflect and meditate on the life changing
truth of God becoming Man. We know and experience divine joy in our lives to
the extent that we enter into the mystery of the greatest truth of our Faith,
the Incarnation. God humbling himself and taking on human flesh in the Person
of Jesus of Nazareth is at the very heart of Christian Faith.
How do we enter this mystery? How do we know this joy? Christian joy is found
in prayer. Peace is God's gift to us who are struggling for peace and serenity.
The challenge we face is in making the decision to carve out time to and space
our schedules to pray. This decision can be especially difficult in the build
up to and even long after Christmas Day has passed. However, it is as we enter
into the Lord's presence that we know the joy of Christmas.
Regards to all.
Fr.Ivo
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