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May Peace be with you
and your loved ones
this special holiday season. Our best
greetings of the season to eveyone.
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14 THE BRUSSELS POST, DECEMBER 24„; 1980.
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Hark; far--off bells are
ringing; outside, a snowfall,
silent as a feather, falls; next
door, the sounds of a pump
organ strains the air; and
from the den come gales of
children's happy laughter.
Twinkling in the corner
stands a spiny tree
competing with the flickering
of the fat red candle on the
window sill. Lying about are
various tempting dishes of
candy bars, and dates. You
sit back, relaxed, smoking a
cigar if you're a grandfather,
a cigarette if you're a young
man. Knitting needles dick
from the women's fingers;
new and exciting toys delight
and intrigue the kids. "Peace
on earth and mercy mild,"
chimes a far off record, and,
you see the beauty in
Christmas. You feel you have
grasped the real meaning of
the Yuletide season, and you
feel good
But the next day dawns
with the piercing screams of
the alarm a clock at 5:58 a.m.
and you have to shovel your
walk to get your car out. you
must contend, with Junior's
disappointed cries when his
Superman) 411 refuses to
walk. You realize the
monstrous tree has to be
taken down. And then those
new hot bills in the mailbox
have to be faced. Where has
this tranquility fled to so
silently? Why can those
peaceful moments and
feelings not be cap. ,tuned in a
silver box to reopen and use
every day? The season has
gone and now stretches
another eleven or twelve
months' before this peaceful
feeling floods your soul once.
More.
Well then, is this all there
is to Christmas? A rise and a
fall of emotions? Surely not.
This contentment or good-
will on the materialistic level
lasts no longer than a
flickering candle: the wind
passes over it and the light is
gone. Physical ease and
comfort, the absence of
worry and calamity lulls us
into a temporary sleep. But
soon the alarm clock rings
and our peace is shattered.
How then can this year-
round— peace rest in our
bosoms? One word
sufficieritly says it: re-
conciliation. Listen for the
next strains in that carol
mentioned earlier:
"Peace on earth, and mercy
mild,
Gold and sinners. reconciled.'
If the angel's message of
long ago causes us to
welcome the Babe and His
love into our lives, thereby
reconcilling ourselves to
God, the miracle • of
Bethlehem is repeated. Stars
will shine; shepherds will
come to wonder; angels will
sing every day of the year;
and people will watch with
wonder at the glad year-long
change in you. God's 'love
will shine brighter than the
highest star on the tree,
longer than the light of the
tallest candle, and with more
strength than all . the,
reflections of the whole
Scene. And when the
drooping tinsel and shedding
needles of the tree announce
the end, we shall not flip the
calendar's bright page with a
sigh, but with gladness for
the season of love has just,
begun.
Nierrm
Christmas
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