TUKBILON TA ANG UYOK SA PASKO

In his first ever Christmas message delivered before a mammoth crowd, Pope Francis urged the believers to love and forget casting aside hatred, ignominy and harboring of ill-will.

Christmas is not meant to be empty and ephemeral. It is the best opportunity to relive the greatest biblical  story ever told - the birth of our lord Jesus Christ.

Down the road, people go to church and say prayers hoping for the best and  realization of their dreams. Pope Francis must have seen how ironical things have become nowadays when leaders of the world appear to have never run out of  demagoguery on  issues affecting global peace. We have seen leaders in our country who build their arrogance openly without showing any sign of amelioration for the coming year, 2014.

Christmas augurs well in the heart of those who believe in doing the words that spell goodness in the heart rather than self-aggrandizement and enrichment. Now is the time for all of us to disabuse the mind of the doomsayers who claim that the end is near. We have reached and surpassed the turbulent times. We know that everything has far-reaching implications if we remain passive in allowing Pope Francis to pursue his voice in the wilderness. At hand is our chance to blow the wind of change. It's Christmas time.