1956 Christmas Message Dear Children of light, Merry Christmas has come around once more. It is a season of
great rejoicing for it commemorates the birth of Jesus Christ. However, if we
are to make the occasion complete, it must be a season of meditation also. We
must remember the cause for which Jesus was born and for which He sacrificed
His life, and remembering it, we must love by it ourselves for if we love Him,
we must follow His Commandments. Let this day be a day of stocktaking. Let us turn within,
recognize our weaknesses and try to overcome them. Let us sink down all
differences and sit together in all loving devotion for the Master. Let us
purge our souls and cleanse our hearts, for unless we are pure, we cannot see
the Kingdom of God, much less enter into it. If you can love your God with all your heart, with all your
strength and with all your soul and love your neighbours as yourselves; if you
can forget your prejudices and differences, your hatreds and petty jealousies;
if you can love ever your enemies as Jesus did, who died uncomplaining on the
Cross, then all things shall be added unto you and you will achieve spiritual
peace here and hereafter. The love of the Master for you is boundless. The path is
difficult, but He is always with you to guide you. Love by what He says, turn
within and do daily meditation, and as sure as the sun rises every day, you
shall become the seers and the hearers of the Word. My hearty love is always with you and I wish you all a merry
Christmas and bright happy New Year full of new aspirations and new resolves,
on the way to God and His Kingdom. Kirpal Singh |