The Catholic Bishop of Awka Diocese, Most Rev Paulinus Ezeokafor, has described Christmas as celebration of love that requires spiritual and material resources to be complete.
Ezeokafor, who disclosed this in a media chat, Thursday, said spiritual aspect of the festivity was for one to reconcile with God, while the physical aspect calls for reconciliation with neigbours.
He said, “It is better we go back to understand the reason for the celebration as the euphoria make people to forget.
Christmas came about as a result of the failure of our first parents who lost friendship with God. Therefore he sent his son, in Love to reconcile us back to God.
“We are celebrating the love of God for us. It is natural for reconciliation to happen in earthly families when there is a new birth. Our celebration will be spiritual and material. In the spiritual side, we reconcile our hearts with God. In the physical part, we reconcile with our neighbours.
“And also we need to share what we have. If I love you, I’ll do all I can to make you comfortable. The lover always wants the best for the loved. And when you do this, the love will come back to you. There is a tendency for people to think that every Christmas will be the last. But it is not so. I do not think the world is going to end in our lifetime.
“There will be demands after the Christmas celebration so we need to be careful the way we spend. We pray that the new year has less problems than the one we are exiting.
As a nation, we need to be very watchful. Many countries cannot deny of going into recession. Our currency is devaluating. This affects market price. This alongside the issues that came with the Covid 19 is bound to affect us all.
“The poor suffer such situation the most. Our economy will get better i pray. Our mono economy dependent on oil is not helping matters. The price of oil has gone down. Developing countries are also developing vehicles that are independent of crude oil.”
