Celebrate CHRISTmas..

(Diocesan Cathedral of St. Nicolas de Tolentine, Cabanatuan City)

The homily this morning, is about bringing the real essence of Christmas.. the priest asked:

"Ano bang tunay na pinaghahandaan natin? Pasko? o si Kristo?"..

Well what do you expect? people will of course, answer "SI KRISTO" because they know that it is the right answer, but in truth, it's really the occasion that they want to blurt out. Judging aside.. come on.. let's face it. But see I got this confusion of what really is the difference in preparing for Christmas and Preparing for Christ? I'm like "Isn't it Christmas is God's birthday? ergo, we celebrate His day and we celebrate Him? so what's the priest's point?"

Furthermore in his sermon, I finally got the "aaaaaah" expression. We Catholics believe that it is His birthday, so as with birthdays, we give gifts to the celebrator.

"Ano bang magandang maibigay natin kay Kristo?", father asked.

"Ito ay ang pagpapakumbaba (Humility), at paghingi ng tawad sa ating mga kasalanan (ask for the forgiveness of our sins)", He continued.

We used to do Christmas shopping to give our loved ones gifts and fulfill their wishlist, Then so, let's not too, forget to give gifts to the righful celebrator of this very special and wonderful occasion. These gifts won't even cost us a single centavo.

Let's continue giving him praise and yes, let's all humble ourselves before Him... admit our mistakes, and ask for forgiveness.

Add to that our forgiveness to those who sinned against us. As what one image is saying to my last post: LOVE YOUR ENEMIES...NO EXCEPTION...I know it's not so easy, but giving it a try would make a big difference. and celebrating CHRISTmas will be more meaningful... and I say more meaningful every year.

Eleven days to go! MERRY CHRISTmas everybody!! :) PEACE TO ALL :)