Story of the principal
Right people sent to meet on Christmas
2011-12-17
While many people reached Christmas, I touched this theme with the anxiety that I might celebrate without knowing the heart on Christmas.
It was the season when at first the word Christmas came in anything, but it seems to have been completely forgotten all too soon what originally took X of the Greek to express same Christ Xρΐστΰς (Christus), and was used as Christmas with Christmas by expression Christ-mas.
With Christ-mas originally called "mass of Christ" have a meaning, and is mass to celebrate that I.H.S. was born in the world, but Christ is the mass that it is loaded with thinking to be born in our heart at the same time.
Originally the mass was established in "the Last Supper" in the Bible. In addition, it is said that it is the best form of the prayer. The world being demanding the personal wish now from the start. I pray for the "peace" and "depauperization" "happiness of children".
Of course it is a matter of course for us this year to have to pray for Tohoku district great earthquake disaster on March 11 when I sent many victims and victims.
I stand on the wish and I thank the blessing that I had in this year and bring up a heart to admit that I lacked it humbly, and to live for four weeks before this Christmas. Not only I stare at the heart, but also only prepare so that the Messiah is born in us through giving some sacrifice (volunteer activity, contribution, home visit, facilities visit) to be concrete.
With Christ-mas originally called "mass of Christ" have a meaning, and is mass to celebrate that I.H.S. was born in the world, but Christ is the mass that it is loaded with thinking to be born in our heart at the same time.
Originally the mass was established in "the Last Supper" in the Bible. In addition, it is said that it is the best form of the prayer. The world being demanding the personal wish now from the start. I pray for the "peace" and "depauperization" "happiness of children".
Of course it is a matter of course for us this year to have to pray for Tohoku district great earthquake disaster on March 11 when I sent many victims and victims.
I stand on the wish and I thank the blessing that I had in this year and bring up a heart to admit that I lacked it humbly, and to live for four weeks before this Christmas. Not only I stare at the heart, but also only prepare so that the Messiah is born in us through giving some sacrifice (volunteer activity, contribution, home visit, facilities visit) to be concrete.
"A Christmas present"
Originally it is said that a present of "gold, olibanum, the myrrh" which three doctors gave to baby yes at the time of "visit of three doctors" to be written to two chapters one section - 12 sections of Matthew of the Bible is the world's first Christmas present.
Originally it was not important thing to get and gave a present as thanks for "Son of God yes that I told whether it was that it was good to live as a person how" having come to the world.
I expressed a heart to appreciate in a form to show with the trouble of the long trip. It will be for a true Christmas present our expressing a heart to thank father and mother in this one year. The heart "that only a posture that it is natural I get it, and to get before a hit and an expensive thing and an expensive present thank" in the way of thinking called the present feels like I being able to see it nowhere.
Originally it was not important thing to get and gave a present as thanks for "Son of God yes that I told whether it was that it was good to live as a person how" having come to the world.
I expressed a heart to appreciate in a form to show with the trouble of the long trip. It will be for a true Christmas present our expressing a heart to thank father and mother in this one year. The heart "that only a posture that it is natural I get it, and to get before a hit and an expensive thing and an expensive present thank" in the way of thinking called the present feels like I being able to see it nowhere.
"Christmas party"
When I lived in Italy, I spent Christmas every year in the village of the mountain of the height of around 1,200m above sea level of north Italy called rottsuo, but the population before the Christmas holidays swells to around 3,000 with around 300 during the Christmas holidays. This is because it comes back to the hometown from the working away from home.
I was invited to a certain family and was entertained with a meal after Christmas mass on 25th was over. A family was really pleased together and shared the joy to me who was a sojourner.
It is longed for what he/she showed until a song and a dance as I become close.
With "why do you call a foreigner like me in a family having finally kept in all the members in the party?" that I have asked the family once.
The master who went for working away from home replied, "it is Christmas". "I go to foreign country for working away from home, too and am always thinking about families. But Christmas is the day when God brought the help in the world on a special day, and, being pleased is not the thing only for families. A person suffering in the world, a grieving person, sojourner feel lacking, and is a day to give a person living in darkness of the mind light desired. Therefore it was answered, I invite the person except the family every year on Christmas naturally. Hearts to share joy each other seemed to be studded with.
I was invited to a certain family and was entertained with a meal after Christmas mass on 25th was over. A family was really pleased together and shared the joy to me who was a sojourner.
It is longed for what he/she showed until a song and a dance as I become close.
With "why do you call a foreigner like me in a family having finally kept in all the members in the party?" that I have asked the family once.
The master who went for working away from home replied, "it is Christmas". "I go to foreign country for working away from home, too and am always thinking about families. But Christmas is the day when God brought the help in the world on a special day, and, being pleased is not the thing only for families. A person suffering in the world, a grieving person, sojourner feel lacking, and is a day to give a person living in darkness of the mind light desired. Therefore it was answered, I invite the person except the family every year on Christmas naturally. Hearts to share joy each other seemed to be studded with.
"Christmas cake"
The concept called the Christmas cake was not in Europe. However, Kashiya putting such a thing on sale in particular seems to come out recently.
Originally there was a custom to eat the thing which small refined sugar suffered from on the sponge cake in substitution for bread to eat at the age of breakfast when it was a Christmas season.
I did not know the origin, but yes sharpened a life for us as Christ hung over the cross, and having been dead for us.
I share one cake to recall that we sharpen the body and live for a person and eat. I seem to confirm that I say to live for a person according to a model of Christ each other until next Christmas in this sense.
Originally there was a custom to eat the thing which small refined sugar suffered from on the sponge cake in substitution for bread to eat at the age of breakfast when it was a Christmas season.
I did not know the origin, but yes sharpened a life for us as Christ hung over the cross, and having been dead for us.
I share one cake to recall that we sharpen the body and live for a person and eat. I seem to confirm that I say to live for a person according to a model of Christ each other until next Christmas in this sense.
Japan is made to notice that they think in this way by what is colored in commercialism-like Christmas definitely. I think that it is that what I decide lets Christ bear in the heart to thank a plan of God humbly by oneself in right people sent to meet on Christmas, and to live after the fashion of Christ while celebrating birth of Christ. Have good Christmas.
Principal Michiharu Yamaguchi