Christmas does not mean gifts,Santa Claus and good food, Christmas is the day when our Lord came to life,He came to bring light to the world.I wish everyone of you feel this magic day as it is for real.
Before this holy day,we must prepare for it so that our souls be clean in front of God.
First of all,we should remove all the bad feelings ,all the hatred for someone ,forgive everybody and love every human,we are all God's children: the poor,the rich,the thief,the prostitute,etc. All of us make mistakes and sin,nobody is perfect so we must accept each other.
Before Christmas we must fast.Fasting means to renounce at some specific food,to stop sexual relations and to have a pure period of abstinence.
In orthodox christianity,we don't eat anything made from animals (meat,cheese,milk,butter,eggs,etc).Catholics renounce just at meat.
I love the sacrifice for God.You should try to dedicate 1 month of your life to give Him your offering.Renouncing at all the life pleasures it's your offering for God.
In this period try to help the poor as much as you can and do many prayers.Choose your favorite prayers and leave them become as your daily routine.
The Virgin Mary,because she loves people so much,she always prays for us if we ask her help.When Jesus was on Earth,He always did what His mother asked Him for.When people in need begged her to ask a miracle from Jesus Christ,she always helped them ,that's why we pray for her help,because she is always praying for us to Jesus to have mercy,to forget about our sins and to help us in our needs ,so how can a Son refuse His mother's desires?
I will leave you a beautiful arabic -english prayer from one of my beloved arab sisters in Christ
O Mother of God our pride,
O true Virgin and Bride,
The ark of the covenant,
Fruit of the sweetest scent.
يا اُم الله القدوس،
يا بكر بتول وعروس،
يا تابوت عهد النعمة،
يا ثمرة لذيذة طعمة.
O heaven and paradise,
Who carried Jesus Christ,
O friend of Solomon,
O helper of every one.
يا جنة وفردوس،
حملتِ الغير محسوس،
يا خليلة سُليمان،
يا دواء يبرئ التعبان.
The blessed Virgin,
The hope of all Christians,
O pure and chosen seed,
Who's from all evil freed.
يا ذات البتولية،
يا رجاء المسيحية،
يا زرع طاهر مبرور،
يا سالمة من الشرور.
On whose prayers we depend,
Who teaches sinners to repent,
A light in the wilderness,
Undefiled innocence.
يا شفيعة في المؤمنين،
يا صلاحاً للخاطئين،
يا ضياء في البرية،
يا طاهرة ونقية.
With glory shining bright,
O Bride of the holy Light,
So dear and so precious,
So honest and gracious.
يا ظاهرة بأجلى بيان،
يا عروسة للديان،
يا غالية وثمينة،
يا فاضلة وأمينة.
The strength of all fighters,
Most blessed of God's treasures,
Tablets of the new Covenant,
To the needy you lend a hand.
يا قوية في الحروب،
يا كنز الله المرهوب،
يا لوح العهد الجديد،
يا معونة لمَنْ يُريد.
O blessed and pure seed,
O hailed and true creed,
O God's sanctuary,
Who befits Him in glory.
يا نسل طاهر مغبوط،
يا هيكل نقي مضبوط،
يا والدة الإله،
يا لائقة له في علاه.
O pure and beautiful stone,
Among flowers you stand alone.
يا ياقوت غالي الأثمان،
يا زهرة في البستان.
The meaning of your name,
Is on the mouth of all faithful,
They all say together,
O God of Saint Mary help us all.
تفسير إسمِك في أفواه،
كل المؤمنين،
الكل يقولون يا إله،
العدرا مريم أعنا أجمعين.
Silent night in arabic-By Fairouz
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