Newsletter 332, November/December 1985
INTERNATIONAL CONCERTINA ASSOCIATION Membership Secretary Events Secretary Martin Williams Marian Janes 3 Frinton House 15 Crescent Road Rushcroft Road London N8 8AL London SW2 01 348 5563 01 737 7987 President Rev Kenneth Loveless VRD FSA FSA Scot Hon RNR Treasurer Editor John Entract Colin Turner 16 Mandeville Rd 309 Uggmere Court Rd Saffron Walden Ramsey Heights Essex Huntingdon Cambs PE17 1RJ ***************************************************************************************** No 332 November/December 1985 NEWSLETTER A CHRISTMASS MESSAGE FROM THS PRESIDENT Christmass once again - it all began almost 2000 years ago - at the hour appointed by the laws of the human nature he had assumed, the Word of God, now made man, issues from the holy shrine, the immaculate womb of Mary. He makes his first appearance in this world in a manger: the cattle are there, chewing their hay, and all around are silence, poverty, simplicity, and innocence. Angels' voices are heard in the sky, announcing peace, that peace which the new baby has brought to us. His first worshippers are Mary, his Mother, and Joseph, thought to be his father, and, after these, some humble shepherds, who have come down from the hills, led by angels' voices. Later on comes a caravan of distinguished persons, guided from far, far, away, by a star. They offer precious gifts, full of a mysterious meaning. Everything that night, at Bethlehem, spoke a language that the whole world. could understand. Thinking about this mystery, every knee will bow in adoration before the crib. Everyone will look into the eyes of the divine Infant, which gaze far away, almost as if he were reviewing then all as they pass before him, recognizing and identifying them all, and greeting then with a smile: Jews, Romans, Greeks, Chinese, Japanese, Indians, the peoples of Africa, and of every region of the world, of every age of history, the most desolate, deserted lands, and the most remote, secret, and unexplored; past, present, and future ages.
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