On this second day before Christmas, I am happy to come again and to wish you a very “lucid” one! This is an idea taken from the President of the Canadian Conference of Catholic Bishops. Lucid comes from Latin and means “from the light”, “filled with light”, “clear”.
We just lost our dear Tata Madiba who was one of those lucid ones, who reflected light and was a bearer of light in our world.
May we try to imitate some of his virtues by being bearers of peace, justice and reconciliation. Indeed, Christmas awakens in us our deepest longings, and only God can fulfil them, but occasionally, in the course of history He gives us some models to imitate, and Nelson Mandela was surely one of them. FULL TEXT
Newsletter South Africa no 34 – December 23, 2013
On this second day before Christmas, I am happy to come again and to wish you a very “lucid” one! This is an idea taken from the President of the Canadian Conference of Catholic Bishops. Lucid comes from Latin and means “from the light”, “filled with light”, “clear”.
We just lost our dear Tata Madiba who was one of those lucid ones, who reflected light and was a bearer of light in our world.
May we try to imitate some of his virtues by being bearers of peace, justice and reconciliation. Indeed, Christmas awakens in us our deepest longings, and only God can fulfil them, but occasionally, in the course of history He gives us some models to imitate, and Nelson Mandela was surely one of them. FULL TEXT
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