Christmas is the coming of Jesus Christ

1. Welcome Jesus into our hearts
On Christmas

2. We see Christmas lights shining everywhere.
We see people rushing through the malls,
shopping and buying gifts for their loved ones.
We also hear the singing of the Christmas
carols on TV and the radio.
Children are waiting for Santa Claus
and their presents to come at Christmas.

3. We often forget the true theology
of Christmas.
When we think of Christmas
we think of gifts .
At Christmas, our ears echo
to the sound of Christmas bells
and the fireworks.
Our eyes feast
on the Christmas lights.

4. Christmas
is a very traditional time
of the coming of people
to visit us.

5. But Christmas is really
the coming of Jesus Christ
into our world, into our lives and into our hearts.

6. Jesus is coming to us

7. Prepare the way for the Lord

8. It was an ordinary night with ordinary sheep and ordinary
shepherds. The black sky exploded with brightness.
The angel came in the night because that is when lights are best
seen and when they are most needed.

9. The night was ordinary no more.

10. Light has come
into into our darkness
and the darkness has not
overcome it.
The Light is Life
and Love Has „made His
dwelling among us”.
This Light has come
into the world
to „enlighten everyone”.

11. God Has sent us the purest
and brightest Light of all.

12. God has given a Son
to us.…
His name will be
Wonderful Counselor,
Powerful God …
Prince of Peace.
Isaiah 9:6

13. God became a man.
Divinity arrived.
Heaven opened
and placed
the most precious one
in a human womb.
God had come near.

14. Like the shepherds, we too should haste today to find
Jesus with Mary and Joseph, and to glorify God
for His blessings.

15. And like Mary, we should
keep His word and reflect
upon it, letting it dwell richly
in our hearts.

16. Because Jesus was born
and came
into our world
we have much reason
to celebrate Christmas
and thank God
for His love for us.

17. At Christmas
we ought to do our best
to have Jesus within us.

18. The presence of Jesus in our hearts is the reason
for the celebration that we really ought to have
at Christmas because Jesus has come to us.

19. Since Jesus is coming in our world,
in our lives
and in our hearts, we ought to
prepare for His coming.
In a sense, Jesus does not come to
us as He came to His apostles and
the people of His life on earth, nor
does He come to us only on
Christmas Day.

20. We really should
prepare for Him every
day in our lives.
We should prepare
for Jesus as we prepare
for all those coming
to us at Christmas.

21. Prepare our hearts
for the coming of Jesus
is the best gift
that we can offer Him
when He comes to us.

22. We can prepare
for the coming of Jesus by allowing Him
to enter into our hearts, our mind and our souls,
by our prayer every day
We can prepare our hearts for Jesus by opening them
to Him at Mass and in Confession.

23. Mark says: "If Christ
comes to us, He must not
find us asleep. We must
stay awake for Christ!"
Paul explains that "stay
awake" means "May the
Lord keep us holy and
without any big sins in
our lives when He comes
to us."

24. Since Christ is coming to us, we should make sure
there is room for Him in our world, in our lives
and in our hearts.

25. Here I am!
I stand at the door
and knock.
Revelation 3:20

26. Jesus knew the sound
of those words.
He was still
in Mary’s womb when
the innkeeper said,
“We don’t have room
for you.”

27. Even today Jesus is given the same treatment.
He goes from heart to heart,
asking
if He might enter.…

28. Every so often,
He is welcomed.
Someone throws open
the door of his or her heart
and invites Him
to stay. And to that
person Jesus gives this
great promise: …
“In my father’s house
are many rooms.”

29. We make room
for Him
in our hearts,
and He makes room
for us in His house.
He loves each one of us
like there was only one
of us to love.

30. Music: Ernesto Cortazar „God, send me an angel”
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