Fr.Pancras' message
Updated on December 20, 2006

Christmas 2006

All of the shopping, all of the rushing about, all of the busy - ness of Christmas is now over. Today the streets are deserted. A quiet and peaceful stillness lays over all. Now the religious meaning of Christmas is allowed to emerge from beneath all of th mall music, the shopping and the frantic preparations for this day.

But to what do we turn our attention? To peace on earth toward men of good will? Yes, and something more. To the sharing of love with family? Yes, and something more. To joining together with the ones we love? Yes, but more. Christmas is more than having a lovely time, more tham family sharing, more than the so-called "Happy Holidays"!

We celebrate today what so many are looking for. We focus our attention today on that which will give peace to many who are lonely, uneasy with themselves and who are searching for meaning in their lives.

The centerpiece of the Mass, the essence of Catholicism, and the core of our belief is what we consider today. The only essential and ultimately important reality is the joining of humanity with divinity. This joining is the genius of Christianity and the core of Catholic devotion. It is that which unites liberal and conservative, saint and sinner, European and American, black and white, God and man at table are sat down.

The birth of Jesus Christ is not the birth of one religious prophet among many, one founder of a religion among many, the birth of one good man among many others. It is rather the joining of humanity with divinity.

 

Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year!

 

Blessings!
Fr.Pancras S Muthu.