THERE WILL BE NO CHRISTMAS?

Yes, of course!

Quieter and deeper,

More like to the first in which Jesus was born, in solitude.

Without a lot of lights on earth,

but with that of the star of Bethlehem,

illuminating paths of life in its immensity.

No colossal royal parades

but with the humility of feeling ourselves

shepherds and young people in search of the Truth.

Without large masses and with bitter absences,

but with the presence of a God who will fill everything

THERE WILL BE NO CHRISTMAS?

Yes, of course!

Without the overflowing streets,

but with a burning heart

for the one who has to come

without noise or festivals,

no claims or jostling ...

But living the mystery without fear

of "Herod-covid" who claim to

take away even the dream of hope.

Christmas will take place because GOD is on our side

and that he shares, as Christ did in a manger,

our poverty, our trials, our tears, our anxieties and our orphanage.

Christmas will take place because we need

a divine light in the midst of so much darkness.

Covid19 will never reach the heart or soul

of those who put their hope and high ideal into heaven.

CHRISTMAS WILL TAKE PLACE!

WE'LL SING CHRISTMAS CAROLS!

GOD WILL BE BORN AND BRING US FREEDOM!

Father Javier Leoz

Parish priest of San Lorenzo in Pamplona in Spain