In these Christmas festivities, in María Auxiliadora Parish in Puerto Real (Cádiz, Spain), administered by the women and men idente missionaries, several activities have been carried out, to promote the true meaning of Christmas throughout the community.
On the one hand, there was the first living Bethlehem scene, which was very participative in the preparation (catechists and children), and very visited by the faithful and people from other places. In it, children and adults represented and recreated the different places of Bethlehem, in times of Jesus.
Another very successful activity was the puppet theater, performed by the post-communion group. Its members were anxious to present to the children who are preparing for First Communion a message that will help them to live the event of the birth of Christ. Throughout the theater they made children and their parents participate actively, sharing theirs ideas to live more deeply the Christmas, closing the event with several Christmas carols.
Finally, on the day of The Three Kings at six o’clock in the afternoon, the solemn Mass of the Epiphany was celebrated in which the Kings of the East were present. At the beginning of the Mass, King Melchior read an endearing message, on behalf also of Gaspar and Baltasar, in which they expressed their joy for the life of faith that he saw in the parish and expressed their gratitude for the grace that sanctifies us. At the end, the children and adults present there had the opportunity to greet the Three Wise Men, causing a great excitemen among the children, who had been waiting anxiously throughout Christmas.
On their part, the children of the parish of El Buen Pastor, also in Puerto Real and run by the idente missionaries, developed an artistic Christmas crib with pineapples, which filled the temple with joy during all the festivities.
!["El mundo puede cambiar desde el corazón"
(Papa Francisco, Encíclica Dilexit Nos)
"El Corazón de Cristo es éxtasis, es salida, es donación, es encuentro. En él nos volvemos capaces de relacionarnos de un modo sano y feliz, y de construir en este mundo el Reino de amor y de justicia. Nuestro corazón unido al de Cristo es capaz de este milagro social.
Tomar en serio el corazón tiene consecuencias sociales. Como enseña el Concilio Vaticano II, «tenemos todos que cambiar nuestros corazones, con los ojos puestos en el orbe entero y en aquellos trabajos que todos juntos podemos llevar a cabo para que nuestra generación mejore». Porque «los desequilibrios que fatigan al mundo moderno están conectados con ese otro desequilibrio fundamental que hunde sus raíces en el corazón humano». [21] Ante los dramas del mundo, el Concilio invita a volver al corazón, explicando que el ser humano «por su interioridad es, en efecto, superior al universo entero; a esta profunda interioridad retorna cuando entra dentro de su corazón, donde Dios le aguarda, escrutador de los corazones (cf. 1 S 16,7; Jr 17,10), y donde él personalmente, bajo la mirada de Dios, decide su propio destino».
Esto no significa confiar excesivamente en nosotros mismos. Tengamos cuidado: advirtamos que nuestro corazón no es autosuficiente; es frágil y está herido. Tiene una dignidad ontológica, pero al mismo tiempo debe buscar una vida más digna. Dice también el Concilio Vaticano II que «el fermento evangélico ha despertado y despierta en el corazón del hombre esta irrefrenable exigencia de la dignidad», aunque para vivir conforme a esa dignidad no nos basta conocer el Evangelio ni cumplir mecánicamente lo que nos manda. Necesitamos el auxilio del amor divino. Acudamos al Corazón de Cristo, ese centro de su ser, que es un horno ardiente de amor divino y humano y es la mayor plenitud que puede alcanzar lo humano. Allí, en ese Corazón es donde nos reconocemos finalmente a nosotros mismos y aprendemos a amar."](https://www.idente.org/wp-content/plugins/instagram-feed/img/placeholder.png)
