What agenda do you have in your Xmas-driven redemption?

Until Jesus’ birth in a Bethlehem manger, more than 2000 years ago, the world was marked by Sodom, Gomorrah, Pharisees and Scribes. So He came to change all these evils and set us free from the yoke of slavery. Jesus was born to save the world.But even with the great earthly mission, Christ did not entirely cleanse Sodom and Gomorrah of the brothels; neither did the Pharisees and Scribes adorn sparkling white garbs. The world is still littered with sin.The Christmas you all marked was not about the meals or the new cloths. It was not about the binge or the gifts and messages from friends and family. It was about reflecting on our virtues as enshrined Christ’s purpose for life.Only when we begin to look at our country this way will we be able to forge a society that lives for the common good of everyone, a society that embodies the wishes and aspirations of the wretched of the earth.Like the clergies said in sermons, Christmas should give us the opportunity to reflect on how we can live a life free of the six deadly sins: avarice, pride, anger, sloth, envy and lust.Like Pope Francis said in his homily, Christmas should reinvent their innate abilities to be tolerant, to love and to foster peace, so that Central African Republic, South Sudan, Mali, Somalia, DR Congo, etc, are not in the news for the wrong reasons.The 1994 Genocide against the Tutsi would not have been there to taint our history and claim our kin and kiths if tolerance, peace and love were nurtured in the people. In Christmas, we must embrace the agenda of fostering these virtues. This is the dream our leaders have for this country; it is the wishes painted in the innocence of our children’s faces. It is a collective future.

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What agenda do you have in your Xmas-driven redemption?