Cordoba, Spain, Dec 12, 2011 / 16:09 pm
Bishop Demetrio Fernandez of Cordoba, Spain said the upcoming Christmas season should be a time of great joy for believers, not exhaustion or distraction.
“The joy of Christmas is inspiring” and “should lead us to live closer to God and to be more open to our brothers and sisters,” Archbishop Fernandez told Europa Press on Dec. 9.
“Christmas is Jesus Christ, and to celebrate Christmas is to have an encounter with Jesus Christ and find salvation in Him,” the archbishop said.
However, perhaps “for many,” he added, “Christmas has been emptied of its real content. Perhaps for many, even Christians and believers, Christmas will be nothing more than a family festivity, and maybe not even that.”