A wonderful, wonderful Christmas to you all! This is a special day, an extraordinary child, an extraordinary person, an extraordinary event, an exceptional love that unites us all. The love we celebrate at Christmas is so immense that it embraces all of humanity. It can be talked about in any language, it can be expressed to anyone and anyone. By sending Jesus to earth, God expressed his love for all of humanity. It is a deep love, yet thoroughly intimate, a love that understands the uniqueness of each person with his innermost desires and wounds. love that provides us with the perfect personal solution, for this love knows us and understands us better than we ourselves.
(photo: carved nativity scene in a chapel in Thierssee in Austria, photographed by Wolfgang)
Presents
alone
lantern
As we approach
I celebrate the birth of Christ, it will be good if we remember the three wise men, the king,
who brought him gifts from afar. In a way they were the first people who o
Christmas was given to someone. They are a model of generosity for us that can be discovered in
the human heart. their example of kindly sharing one’s own wealth with the poor
A homeless family is an inspiration for us.
like
Biblical magicians also have the opportunity to give three gifts – we just have to take a look
Deep inside and find them. these gifts we can share today,
They cost nothing, but at the same time they have a huge price, they are:
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Respect: Proving to others
Respect is a gift for ourselves and for anyone we meet. teachers would
They could confirm to you that respect for others is the basis of all teaching. we need each other
To adopt this virtue again and pass it on to our children – not only by example, but also by
By demanding it from them to ourselves and to others.
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Kindness: That’s the one
The easiest gift we can give – simply notice the people around us,
Look them in the eye, smile. During the rush of Christmas preparations, let’s try now and then
Apply a kind attitude – let’s hold someone’s door, let’s leave them a parking space,
Let’s try to be nice to another phone operator, offering a monitored
a call and a supposedly indispensable product.
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Time. Volunteers know
The price of time they devote to other people. especially caregivers in homes for
Seniors know how old people or sick people value visits. Even in our
We can give our own family the gift of time when we spend the afternoon with our grandparents,
An older aunt, uncle, or neighbor, it will definitely be an encouragement for them. starting
This Christmas, let’s make time for others.
by virtue,
There are certainly many to share, but if we start to approach others
With respect, if we are kind to them and if we dedicate a little of our precious time to them,
It will definitely be a good start. it may be a kind of modern version of three gifts that
presented by the three wise men to our Lord in Bethlehem. These gifts may also bring us
Christmas joy.
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Christmas rose
John
London
hurriedly
I’m at the local mall to get the last Christmas presents. When
I saw the crowds, I grunted under my breath, it will take forever
And I still have so much work to do. Christmas was starting to become an annoying burden for me.
I began to wish that I could just sleep through them all. But instead I
He made his way through the crowd as fast as he could to the children’s toy ward. Over
My dolls were spinning with the prices of the goods on display. if you have grandchildren with it
They will play at all, I thought.
I arrived at
Alleys with dolls. I saw a little boy out of the corner of my eye, I guess so
A five-year-old who was holding a beautiful doll. touched her hair and tenderly
He was clutching in his arms. I couldn’t help myself, I had to go to the boy all the time
Watching. I wondered who the doll was for. I saw him turn to
The woman who accompanied him was approached by her aunt and asked, ‘I really don’t have enough
of money?” she replied a little impatiently, ‘you know very well that you will have money for this
Not enough.” Then she told him not to go anywhere, that she would come back in a few minutes, and left
Alley. The little boy was still holding the doll.
After a while it’s me
It didn’t work and I asked him who he wanted to buy the doll for. He replied, “That’s
A doll that my little sister really wanted for Christmas. She just knew that
Santa will bring her.” I told him maybe Santa really made it. He told me:
‘No, Santa won’t get where my little sister is…I have to put the doll
mom to take her with her.” I asked him where the nurse was.
He looked at me
eyes full of sadness and answered, ‘she went to heaven to Jesus. Daddy says,
That mom has to go too to be there with her.’ My heart almost stopped beating.
The boy looked at me again and said, ‘I told dad to tell mom,
So that she doesn’t go yet. I told him to wait until I came back from shopping.” Then
asked if I wanted to see a picture of him. I told him he was very happy. He pulled out
Photos he took in front of the store and added: “I want mom to take them with
To make me forget about me. I really like mom and I don’t want her to leave,
But dad said he had to go to the nurse.”
I watched how
Klučina bowed his head and fell silent. While not looking I reached into my wallet
And he pulled out a bundle of bills. I suggested to him, ‘you wouldn’t want the money again
recalculate?” immediately became excited and agreed, “sure, I know there must be
Enough.” So I added my bills to his and we started counting.
Of course,
It turned out that money is more than enough for a doll. He said quietly, ‘Thank you, Jesus, that you
He gave me enough money.” then he added, “I just asked Jesus to give me enough
money for the doll so that her mother can take her with her for the nurse. And he me
heard. I wanted to ask him for more money for the white rose for mom, but
I didn’t ask him, but he gave me enough money to buy a doll and a white
rose. Mom really likes white roses.”
In a few minutes she was
Aunt back. While I was finishing my purchases I still had to think about it
little boy. I left the department store in a completely different mood than
When I entered it. And I kept thinking about the news in the newspaper, which
I read a few days ago, about a drunk driver who crashed into another car,
He killed a little girl and caused serious injuries to his mother. The family was to decide on
Ending her life by disconnecting medical devices. I was hoping that
The boy from the toy store has nothing to do with that newspaper story.
Two days later
I read in the newspaper that the family agreed to end the support of life young
The woman who subsequently died. the picture of the baby boy didn’t come out of my head, I’m still
He wondered if the two stories somehow belong together. That afternoon I am
He went out and bought a white rose to bring it to the funeral of a young woman from
Newspaper news. And there I saw that beautiful white rose, a lovely doll and
A picture of a little boy from a department store.
tears
they started rolling on my cheeks, I was leaving and my life was no longer the same.
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Giving can be so simple, you just need to keep your eyes open for the needs of others.
