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In the Christmas time.
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As a Melkite
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and an Eastern Catholic priest.
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Usually we prepare ourselves at home
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and in the church, too.
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At home,
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we can, like with my family, my children,
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as a married priest,
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a married Catholic priest.
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We do some
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preparation by doing the manger,
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the tree, the decoration,
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and we prepare also
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a space to pray together as a family.
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And also in the church here
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we have lots of events we do
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like Christmas carols,
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we do some,
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visitation for the elderly in our parish.
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And also we,
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we do some events for the young people,
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for the youth,
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for the ladies committee.
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And we also we do lots of
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prayer during the Christmas time.
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It's the time when we meet,
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the baby Jesus in our hearts,
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the small manger in our body.
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Let us pray that Jesus Christ come
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and light the manger,
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that it will be darkness sometimes,
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or it will be like
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some struggle in our lives.
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So we pray that we keep
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the praise and the word of God
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preach through this world,
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through these doors.
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We invite everyone
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in our community
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to pray the same,
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to do the same,
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by praying, decorating,
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praising God
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and enjoy the time of Christmas
