BALANGA CITY — The bishop of the Diocese of Balanga on Sunday shared his reflection and urged everyone to be Christmas, be Christ to all aside from the merely greeting and wishing “Merry Christmas”.
Bishop Ruperto Santos explained that Christmas is to celebrate and commemorate the birth of Jesus who he said was born to us and for us. “Jesus was given to us as God’s gift so that His divine plan of saving us would be fulfilled,” he said.
“So let our life be the birthplace of Jesus. Let our heart be his manger, our house to be his home. With that, Jesus is with us. We are Christ, we are Christmas to one another,” the prelate said.
The Bataan bishop said Christmas would be truly merry if Christ is indeed present in our words and deeds. “Speak words which make our family and friends happy. Let us also present ourselves to be pleasing to Jesus,” he said.
Bataan churches have been filled with people in both the anticipated Masses in the evening and the dawn Masses throughout the Christmas season.
