Transform each city into a
small Bethlehem, capable of welcoming the lonely ones, the marginalized, the
poor, the homeless: this is an initiative that the Youth for a United World are
carrying out in their own cities.
Christmas in Bethlehem! “It’s a unique
opportunity to crown this year through our meeting with the Holy Land Youth for
a United World”, shared Maria Guaita, Andrew Camilleri and Claudia Barrero,
from the Y4UW international secretariat.
What significance does it have for you to spend Christmas in the Holy
Land? We have welcomed this invitation as a proposal to all
the Youth for a United World spread all over the planet – narrates Maria Guaita
-. The Gospel narrates that Mary and Joseph found no inn to lodge: “the Word
came to his own and his own people did not accept him.” We wish to welcome him
especially in the lonely ones, the marginalized, the poor and the homeless.
Therefore, we commit ourselves to transform each of our cities into a small
Bethlehem that hosts the nativity crib that offers a cradle to baby Jesus.”
How have you organized this activity? “We
propose to all the Youth for a United World a Christmas that is characterized by mutual welcome and peace. On
daily basis, the mass media offer us images of violence and suffering,
exclusion, and we want to respond to this with an even greater love: taking
advantage of this Christmas Season to carry out concrete acts of love in favour
of our brothers and sisters.”
We wish to get as many people as possible involved in
this initiative – concludes Maria – also parishes, institutions, other
associations and movements, according to each one’s creativity and
possibilities – as Chiara Lubich used to say – “nothing is small that is done out
of love”.”
One may post photos or short films of these
initiatives on the “Youth for a United World - Holy Land” Facebook Page: (https://www.facebook.com/Y4UW.HOLYLAND?fref=ts).
“All these fragments of fraternity – adds Claudia -, will
give witness and document an important step in the fulfilment of the “United World Project”, thus paving the
way to universal brotherhood.”
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