Love sometimes does strange things. It takes great risks and goes to extreme lengths that many would call foolish. On that first Christmas day, God’s foolishness was wiser than men, and His weakness was stronger than men. It took them all by surprise.
But this, of course, was part of God’s strategy. The element of surprise is critical in warfare. And Christmas was an act of warfare. In fact it was D-Day, the day of deliverance. The preparation had taken centuries, but now it was time for the Conqueror to land on enemy occupied territory. He came in humility, and would finish the conquest thirty years later by the greatest act of humility the world had ever seen.
–Marcellino D’Ambrosio
Wishing everyone a merry Christmas from Hanoi, Vietnam!
(Pictured above: Christmas morning mass at St. Joseph’s Cathedral in Hanoi)
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Merry Christmass from Croatia to Vietnam 🙂
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🎁🎄🎄🎁🎅MERRY CHRISTMAS🎁🎄🎄🎁🎅
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What a testimony to the power of the Gospel of Jesus Christ that some 40 years after the fall of Saigon, a large group of people would be openly celebrating Christmas in Hanoi.
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Amen! It was packed way over capacity and the crowds spilled onto the streets! Initially, I assumed that half the people gathered were just Christmas-only churchgoers, but then everyone began reciting the prayers and responses in melodious Vietnamese. It was nothing short of moving!
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