Christmas . . .  Xmas . . .  ✗!   In the past, perhaps up to the generation previous to ours, Christmas was celebrated with a significant insight into its meaning: that is, we commemorated the birth of Jesus Christ. As a result, the day had a considerable religious significance with corresponding relevant expressions of Church events, carol singing, exuberant Christmas decorations, giving to the poor and the needy, and real expressions of goodwill to one another. That was then. . .  when people celebrated Christmas more or less meaningfully. But things changed, somehow with rapidity. Our "Western" civilisation, discovered [...]

Our Soul is Murdered… Electronically! To be a Christian means to love God with all your heart and to love your neighbour as yourself (Matt 22: 37-40). In practice it means that Christianity is a communal Faith, one that requires its followers to be actively involved with others. The worship of the Church is communal. We gather on Sundays together to celebrate the mystery of the Eucharist. One cannot be "saved" in a vacuum, but only as a member of the body of the Church. And our love of God alone cannot save us, if we do not love others: [...]

YOUTH AND SOCIETY   HOW TO FACE THE NEW YEAR   A New Year is just around the corner. Yes, it is a time for joy and celebration, but these last a matter of days. The excitement of Christmas, the presents, and the holidays, subside, and are succeeded by the previous routine. It is then, that young people face the New Year with trepidation and uncertainty. You might wonder, why should they feel like that? The adolescents and the people who enter the period of early adulthood, have a very critical and penetrating mind, and understand that every day of [...]