At the beginning of every New Year we spontaneously express our wishes for joy and happiness, because, apart from health, these are the two traits we all wish for.
This joyous message was heard from heaven to earth during the holy Christmas night. And this same message has a timeless power and value. It gives great joy "to all people" of every era, now and always even unto the end of time.
We praise and glorify the God in Trinity, who deemed us worthy once again this year to reach the great feast of the Nativity in the flesh of the Son and Word of God the Father in “little Bethlehem.”
Apostle Paul, whose memory we celebrate today, often admonishes us, along with Apostle Peter: “Live in love, as Christ loved you and gave Himself up on your behalf, an offering and sacrifice to God”
