Merry Christmas!

When Christ was born. Beloved brothers and sisters in

Christ, the lovers of the Lord, beloved of the Lord, I want to

take this opportunity, this time, this blessing, as parish

priest of the Saint Ade or the Saint Thaddeus Church or Parish

of the Holy Apostolic Catholic and Syrian Church of the East,

Diocese of California. Take this time firstly to wish

His Holiness, our Holy Father Marawa, the Third Catholicos

Patriarch, all our beloved prelates, all our beloved

priests, deacons, brothers and sisters in Christ in the entire

world wish you a very Merry Christmas.

May the blessings of the Holy birth of our Lord and our

Saviour in flesh, God Incarnate, be a blessing upon you, the

Prince of Peace. We are celebrating the birth of

the Prince of Peace 2025 years ago.

God sent his Son. God sent his peace into the

world. So we should not ask for God to

send his peace. We should pray and beseech the

Lord with a contrite spirit in faith that Lord, the peace that

was wrought, the peace that was introduced through your Son our

Lord Jesus Christ. May that peace be embedded in

our hearts, in the hearts of the kings and the presidents and the

prime ministers and the premiers of and the governors who rule.

And we pray for them as well, that they may rule righteously,

that they may rule according to the righteousness of God through

His Son our Lord Jesus Christ. I know there are people out

there that are mourning the death of their loved loved ones.

I know there are people out there that are hurting, their

hearts are broken. People are experiencing

financial difficulties, spiritual difficulties, physical

difficulties, psychological difficulties.

I know there are people out there that are almost going to

give up, on the brink of giving up, but don't celebrate the

reception, the birth of the Prince of Peace, of Hope, of

deliverance, which is Jesus Christ.

This year, when we do celebrate through worship, I encourage you

to attend the churches and don't attend that last 10 and 15

minutes. No, be there in the beginning

when the priest proclaims in the far in the name of the Father

and of the Son of the Holy Spirit, invoking the Trinity in

that gathering, that worship gathering.

And when the priest proclaims glory to God in the highest and

on earth, peace and Good Hope to mankind, just as the angels did

to be a part of that, to reply Amen, yes, Amen.

Jesus is the Savior. Beloved, the world, the world

needs the peace of Jesus Christ. Don't be fooled about these

proclamations of peace, peace. They will only be peace in the

Middle East when the Middle East has come to Christ and received

by faith and humbled itself and received Jesus Christ, the Son

of God, the Lord, God the Saviour, the one true Christ

Christ. And that's when peace will come.

But those who have believed, God bless you, remain in faith.

Whatever hardship you have, allow the peace of God, the

peace of God, free Son, our Lord Jesus Christ to fulfill your

heart, to comfort your heart, to console your heart, celebrated

with your family and friends, in love, in joy, in pride.

Beloved, we are the children of God.

Through our faith in Jesus Christ and being baptized, we

are the children of God. God has adopted us as his sons

and daughters. God bless you, enjoy it, and may

the New Year 2026 all be according to the perfect will of

God through His Son our Lord Jesus Christ.

Praise and glory be to His name now, not all times and forever.

Amen.