Poverty…
Forced migrations…
Climate crisis…
International tensions…
War!

The list of our worries is long.
It only seems to grow every year.

However…
Even the darkness of the night is filled with countless stars.
They mirror an even longer list of ordinary, everyday acts
of love… hope… and faith.
Millions of signs.

And the greatest of them all:
a child welcomed and loved.
“This will be a sign for you:
you will find a child wrapped in bands of cloth
and lying in a manger.”
Luke 2: 12

“To you is born a Saviour, who is the Messiah, the Lord!”
Welcome the light!
Follow the star!
Merry Christmas!

The Jesuit Conference of European Provincials, 

wishes you a peaceful Christmas time
and a blessed new year.