Once again Christmas is around, and there is lot of hustle and bustle for this in the market, streets, churches and homes and all around. However, the true essence of Christmas lies in its real meaning, which is LOVE, the self-emptying love of God. For this love God who is infinite, became finite, the one who is omnipotent became vulnerable as he took the form of a man. Through the incarnation of God as human, God humbled himself through his self-emptying love, so that the divine character could be formed in each and every one of us. “For the Son of God became man so that we might become God. The only-begotten Son of God, wanting to make us sharers in his divinity, assumed our nature, so that he, made man, might make men gods.” (CCC 460)
As we approach the birth of our Lord, my prayer is that this Christmas may help us to enlarge the tents of our hearts and minds to the downtrodden,marginalized, uncared for, migrants and abandoned especially in the Archdiocese of Nagpur. This is the co-responsibility of all of us Fellow Citizens, Leaders of the state, Leaders of all the religions who need to carry out the mission of God that is the mission of Love.
Let us together rejoice for the Good News has been shared with us, the Good news that is with us. As we contemplate the Crib and our Family-Love, let us gaze on the open arms of Jesus, which show us the merciful embrace of God.
Wish you all a very happy Christmas and Grace-filled New Year 2023
