[Photo of the Belen taken at the St. John Bosco Parish in Makati.]
HAPPY CHRISTMAS
September 1, 2013
The Philippines has the longest Christmas season (not officially....but popularly) in the world. It covers the -BER months. Thus September 1 is considered the beginning of the Christmas season.
Nevertheless, we Filipinos Catholics should not forget that there is still the ADVENT season (four Sundays) that is meant to prepare us spiritually for Christmas. And we should not also forget that liturgically the Christmas season begins on December 26 and ends with the Baptism of the Lord.
And another thought. It is not the Christmas tree that should best remind us what Christmas is all about. It is the Belen. Because Christmas took place only because "God so loved the world that he sent his only Son that those who believe in him may not perish but have eternal lifd."
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