Mangaluru: Christmas Eve and Christmas Prayer in Dakshina Kannada will be held in the Church building after all Covid-19 protocols.
There are no additional events such as the cultural program will be held, said Most Rev Peter Paul Saldanha, Bishop of Mangalore Diocese.
“The state government has emerged with new guidelines for Christmas and New Year celebrations after the Omicron variant case is reported.
The Church will strictly follow the Government Guidelines.
Christmas mode and Christmas Mass will only be held in the church building.
All protocols will be maintained.
December, the masses will begin at 7pm and the church can hold open air.
On December 25, the churches have been directed to accommodate more masses, “Bishop said on Thursday.
FR John Baptist Saldanha, Public Of Diocese officials said the church shrank and the elderly (even if they were vaccinated) from attending prayer.
“In accordance with our knowledge, close to 85% of beneficiaries that meet the requirements under our diocese have been vaccinated with one or two doses.
However, we discourish our hearts and children from parting in prayer,” he said.
Submit indifferently and hate: message Bishop Bishop Peter Paul Saldanha in his natal message asking people to let go of indifference and hatred, both in the family and outside.
“Today, the biggest tragedy is a culture of growing indifference.
It is worse than hatred.
If we love someone, that person has a place in our hearts and if we hate that person, he will be in our minds.
But if we grow indifference, people it’s not there for us.
We don’t care if he is still alive or dead.
This is the danger we face, to promote a lot of divisions, violence and death.
Jesus teaches us by giving examples to care and sharing, giving and forgiving enemies, And never hate anyone.
Hatred and ignorance will burn us before burning other people.
It destroys our conscience.
It destroys the kindness in us, “he said.
Bishop Peter Saldanha said, “Just like Go Green Initiative or Swachh Bharat, we need to foster Swachh and pure mindless minds without hatred and indifference.
Let this Christmas for us, the challenge to grow a pure heart so that we see God in our neighbors and at Nature.
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