The real meaning
of Christmas? To those who arrived this year to Bucks, we hope you are having a great experience. And for those who already got used to this journey, receive our sincere “well done”. We are a Christian Union society who get together every Thursday, at 7pm in the room N1.10 to read and talk about the Gospel of Jesus Christ and have great fellow with our students. So, come join the family! Christmas is at the door and we are very excited to share with all of you about what Christmas really means to us. Christmas for us is more than just having the town and our homes full of beautiful lights or receiving presents and being with family. That’s great as well, what a time of the year,right? But, firstly, did you know that the actual word of Christmas means birth? We one day were born and each one of us has their own date of birth. Also, when we hear about Christmas, being religious or not, who is a very special person that ticks our mind? YES, Jesus Christ! But did you also know that we don’t have a certainty that this is the actual date he was born. It’s not just a special date, it’s more than that to us and we will tell you. On the gospel of Luke it already makes us know that Jesus was our Saviour: “Then the angel said to them, “Do not be afraid, for behold, I bring you good tidings of great joy which will be to all people. For there is born to you this day in the city of David a Saviour, who is Jesus Christ.” Chap.2:10-12
He once came to this world as a baby, became a child and then, a man. So, we do not celebrate a baby Jesus, because He grew up, died on the cross for not just us Christians, but for all of us, He resurrected on the third day and do you what? He is alive! Yes, we believe in a God that is alive and loves us. Our Christmas reflects Jesus’s birth and not only for one day. He came to this world to save our lives and gives us Salvation. When Jesus was on earth, he had a mother named Mary and she was very used, as well as other people in the bible. So, our focus on this day is not the way Jesus was born, or whom he had with him. Christmas is special to us, because on that “day” the Saviour was born and the whole City knew. So, to resume, Christmas is not only once, for us, its every day. The real meaning of Christmas is that Jesus is alive in our hearts. He is the present we receive in our lives every day. Not many people give that a relevance. But we do. Jesus was one day born, died and resurrected so that we could have the right of Salvation. Happy Christmas everyone!
December Issue
By Raquel Campiao Rilho
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The real meaning of Christmas