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REJOICE! IMMANUEL HAS COME TO THEE, O ISRAEL!
Jesus is the sole reason for our happiness and what better opportunity
can we avail than celebrating the birth of the reason for the season.
Well Christmas is here, and so is the festivity, grandeur and pomp.
However amidst all these paraphernalia, Jesus become the only reason for
the season and to celebrate His incarnate birth, the community of
Pushpashrama left no stone unturned. A crib was prepared with the theme
‘Where’s my Christmas?’ to highlight what is the outcome of our
celebration of the same. Delicious Kuswar was prepared and a beautiful
postmodern mega-star also illumined in the shrine premises. The shrine
was decked with Christmas stars and ornaments and Pushpashrama just
looked all ready to welcome the birth of Christ. And thus, the vigil
mass was held at 10:00 PM preluded with melodious carol singing by the
brothers. The shrine saw an overwhelming crowd of faithful who joined
for the celebration. The mass was celebrated by Fr. John Lobo and Fr.
Oswald Crasta preached a homily on how Christmas anticipates our Lord’s
Supper and death. After the mass, the results of the star and crib
competition were announced along with felicitating gifts who contributed
their mite for the betterment of the orphans. Following this, games were
conducted the mass while refreshments were distributed to the people.
After this, the community gathered in the refectory to exchange the
season’s greetings while relishing the tasty homemade Kuswar. Christmas
mass was also celebrated on the 25th of December at 8:00 am which was
celebrated by Fr. Rector.
In the evening as it has been a tradition of Pushpashrama, the community
organized Sadbhavana day – a day of celebration of Christmas with our
non-Christian brethren on 25th December at 4:30 PM. The day included
numerous dances, songs and celebration. Fr. Rector welcomed the
gathering and brothers compered the event. Refreshments were distributed
to all the people gathered there.
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