“Christmas and its message of Salvation will be truly merry when it is for everyone,” Bishop Richard G. Lennon said in his Christmas Message for 2009.
Touching on the Gospel passage for Christmas which describes how Jesus was born in a manger because there was “no room for them in the inn,” Bishop Lennon noted that in the new year “there will be extensive conversation about immigration reform.”
“Can anyone reading these words believe than an innkeeper who knew who was at his door looking for a room would deny such to the Savior, His Mother and foster father?” The bishop asked. “And yet today all too readily people who are looking for a better life for themselves and their families in new surroundings are finding signs of unwelcome, of ‘no room in the in’ confronthing them.”
The bishop concludes:
‘In light of our Lord’s teachings and the experience of our own country’s positive welcoming of the stranger through much of our history and ultimately the Message of Christmas which speaks of Salvation for our brothers and sisters looking to come to our country and for us, can we do nothing less than being involved in this work? Christmas and its message of Salvation will be truly merry when it is for everyone.”
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Wednesday, December 23, 2009
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