Thank you Jesus for Your birth, first tears and the joy you bring to all living beings and to all people. On this special day let us open our hearts because this is a day of joy, mercy, salvation and reconciliation.

Christmas is the celebration of Christ’s birth. On this day he became a human, he became a child. You should also become a human being, a human for others, a human of nobility and benevolence. You should also become a child, because every man can be reborn even if he is old: through the powers of the Holy Spirit. You should also be small enough that you can make everyone around you happy by serving humanity in the spirit of love.

I wish peace and prosperity on Earth to all people of good will who work silently and patiently every day in their families and society in order to build a more human and just world.

Let the young child Jesus move even those among us whose friendships and relationships are disrupted. So that even they can feel cordiality, charity, benevolence and humbleness.

Open your hearts so that the words which will renew friendly love and mutual support, which are so needed in this day and age, can get out.

Open your hearts, love your neighbor, care for the needy, show your love to every human being. Do not be afraid of that! Spread peace and love

To all benefactors, partners and everybody who has shown their love for human beings by helping our children in the Father Vjeko Centre through the charitable organization A Heart for Africa (Srce za Afriku) we wish you A MERRY CHRISTMAS AND A HAPPY AND BLESSED NEW YEAR 2019!

Translated by Martina Pucelj