Xaghra Parish » Gallery » 2010 » CHRISTMAS IN XAGHRA 2010 » 08 DEC 2010 - LIVE CRIB AT NAZZARENU by THE GUIDING LIGHT GROUP
The Guiding light Group, is pleased to announce the forthcoming 10th edition of the annual Live Crib. The theme this year is œThe light shines in the darkness (John 1,5). The Guiding Light Group this year will be celebrating its 11th year in the making. The sole and main aim of this group, as always, has been to help local youths and teenagers to come closer to understanding the Word of Jesus Christ. In fact, every week during the scholastic season, local youths and teenagers come together at Nazzarenu in Xaghra, for a weekly religious meeting. The group has organized voluntary activities as well as activities away from the Maltese Islands. Today, Christmas might have a different meaning to what it was originally intended to celebrate. In this day and age, Christmas has been commercialised and adapted to suit the comforts and new ideologies of the mordern world. There are many social misgivings that the Christian believer today has to come in contact and which might side-track Christians from experiencing the wonder and joy of Christmas. However, one must note that it is essential that we should seek to answer the questions that we can have in the light of our Lord. The beauty of Christmas is that the story of Christmas happens everyday amongst us. We only need to open our eyes and then we can see it happening in front of us, in our children and in those who are in need the most. The 'The Guiding Light Group' aspires to send out the message of the joy of Christmas with the representation of the Live Crib. In this 10th edition of the Live Crib there is a change in the location of the Live Crib. In addition, there are also new sections which represent different themes from the previous years depicting actual activities that took place during Jesus's life. The Live Crib as usual will be divided into sections, where visitors will be able to see different characters in their natural environments, which is typical of the Jewish society in the time of our Saviour Jesus Christ. Visitors will be able to see different characters dressed in typical Jewish clothing along with a variety of animals, which together give life to the Crib and send out a Christian message to the public who come to visit. As usual the group has kept as the main focus the Holy Eucharist and thus visitors will be able to see the trade of wine making and that of bread. Above all, the main aim of the group is to evangalise the true Christian message and to spread the joy that Christmas brings with it and to be able to incorporate this joy into today's life and time. The Live Crib is located in front of the Jesus of Nazareth Church in Xaghra, Gozo and will be open to the public for free on the following days: 24th December 2010 - 6.30pm to 8.00pm, 25th/ 26th December 2010, 1st/2nd Jan 2011 - 3.00pm to 9.00pm 30th December 2010 from 6.00pm till 9.00pm For more information please visit the group`s website www.kgnxaghra.org/theguidinglight or call on telephone: 21560813 or mobile: 99885583 or else send us and email on: jjfarrugia@hotmail.com
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