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ARCHBISHOP'S MESSAGE FOR CHRISTMAS Christmas is a feast of joy, a joy that is today celebrated in various and many forms, ranging from the deeply spiritual to the purely secular. At the deepest level, Christmas celebrates the fulfillment of a basic longing of the human heart for God. For we believe that the unseen God took human form in Jesus and became visible to man. By taking flesh, God elevated our human condition and now calls us to re- discover Him in every other human being, specially in the poor and the marginalized, with whom he identified himself in an eminent way through his very birth in a stable. When we succeed in recognizing God in the faces of our sisters and brothers, irrespective of their social or religious background, we become citizens of a new civilization of love, wherein everyone is welcomed, accepted and cherished. Indeed, every Feast of Christmas is a renewed call for all of us to work, hand in hand, for the genuine transformation of our social, political, economic and cultural environment, according to God's plan. May this Christmas strengthen our resolve to help in the realization of this dream that God has for His creation. I take this occasion to wish everyone a joyful Christmas, full of divine blessings and peace that only God can give. + Filipe Neri Ferrao Archbishop of Goa and Daman Archbishop's House, Panjim, December 24, 2005 http://www.archgoadaman.org -------------------------------------------------------------- http://www.goanet.org/modules.php?op=modload&name=News&file=article&sid=271 http://www.goanet.org -------------------------------------------------------------------------- | Goa - 2005 Santosh Trophy Champions | | | | Support Soccer Activities at the grassroots in our villages | | Vacationing in Goa this year-end - Take back & distribute Soccer Balls | --------------------------------------------------------------------------