From Salvatorians in Canada 2023

Christmas Greetings

During this joyful Christmas time, we would like to extend our best wishes to you, dear friends, your families, and all guests spending Christmas together. May the Good God, who comes to us as a newborn, grant us health, peace, and joy and surround us with the abundance of his graces.

In this festive season, we ask especially for graces for those who are sick, lonely, and whose hearts are filled with fear and uncertainty about tomorrow. May they experience God's goodness most intensely.

May the joyful celebration heal wounds, end disputes and quarrels, and start a new and beautiful time in our family relationships. By creating a community of friendship and love in the family, neighbourhood, and parishes, we can experience every day the wisdom of the words of Blessed Mother Teresa of Calcutta: "Whenever you allow God to love others through you, it is always Christmas".

We want you to know that we put these wishes in Christ's blessing, which you accept as a celebration in the company of family, acquaintances, friends, and guests.

Salvatorian Fathers in Canada.

"Whenever you smile at your brother 
And you stretch out your hands to him,

it's Christmas.

Whenever you pause to listen

it's Christmas.

Whenever you give up the rules,
which, like an iron hoop, oppress men
in their solitude,

it's Christmas.

Whenever you give a little hope to the broken,

it's Christmas.

Whenever you recognize in humility,
how insignificant are your options
And how great is your weakness,

it's Christmas.

Whenever you allow God to
He has loved others because of you,
Always then,

it's Christmas."

Blessed. Mother Teresa of Calcutta