As Christmas Season is fast approaching my thoughts take me back to Kuwait. You can surely guess why. As I recall the many group Christmas Tree celebrations, I cannot but feel the nostalgia of those many merry-making get together in the Lord Jesus with the Christian meaning of Christmas: 'The coming in the world of the Son of God in human form to save mankind'. Oh that the world come to know and accept Jesus!

I started receiving Christmas Greetings and Good Wishes for my birthday which falls close to Christmas. I want to thank very sincerely all those of you who have sent cards and e-mails to wish me. You understnd, however, that I will not be able to keep pace to personally acknowledge and reciprocate the greetings and the good wishes sent by individuals or groups. Please accept as from now my greetings and best wishes for Christmas and the New Year filled with God's Blessings.

I want to let you know that I am very happy to have chosen to rejoin one of our Communities (very small in number) and to make myself available to help in the community needs and in the church services

Air mail post from Kuwait to Malta is taking long time to reach me, more than one month.

+ Francis Micallef, OCD - Bishop Emeritus of Kuwait
MALTA, December 2005