{"id":4734,"date":"2025-12-21T15:38:51","date_gmt":"2025-12-21T14:38:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.laysalvatorians.org\/update\/?p=4734"},"modified":"2025-12-21T15:38:51","modified_gmt":"2025-12-21T14:38:51","slug":"merry-christmas-feliz-navidad-feliz-natal-joyeux-noel-frohe-weihnacht-3","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.laysalvatorians.org\/update\/2025\/12\/21\/merry-christmas-feliz-navidad-feliz-natal-joyeux-noel-frohe-weihnacht-3\/","title":{"rendered":"Merry Christmas &#8211; Feliz Navidad &#8211; Feliz Natal &#8211; Joyeux No\u00ebl &#8211; Frohe Weihnacht"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #800000;\"><strong><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">Merry Christmas from the General Committee &#8211;<br \/>\nFeliz Navidad de parte del Comit\u00e9 General<\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div id=\"ez-toc-container\" class=\"ez-toc-v2_0_83 counter-hierarchy ez-toc-counter ez-toc-grey ez-toc-container-direction\">\n<div class=\"ez-toc-title-container\">\n<p class=\"ez-toc-title\" style=\"cursor:inherit\">Table of Contents<\/p>\n<span class=\"ez-toc-title-toggle\"><a href=\"#\" class=\"ez-toc-pull-right ez-toc-btn ez-toc-btn-xs ez-toc-btn-default ez-toc-toggle\" aria-label=\"Toggle Table of Content\"><span class=\"ez-toc-js-icon-con\"><span class=\"\"><span class=\"eztoc-hide\" style=\"display:none;\">Toggle<\/span><span class=\"ez-toc-icon-toggle-span\"><svg style=\"fill: #999;color:#999\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" class=\"list-377408\" width=\"20px\" height=\"20px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" fill=\"none\"><path d=\"M6 6H4v2h2V6zm14 0H8v2h12V6zM4 11h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2zM4 16h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2z\" fill=\"currentColor\"><\/path><\/svg><svg style=\"fill: #999;color:#999\" class=\"arrow-unsorted-368013\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"10px\" height=\"10px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" version=\"1.2\" baseProfile=\"tiny\"><path d=\"M18.2 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class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-3\" href=\"https:\/\/www.laysalvatorians.org\/update\/2025\/12\/21\/merry-christmas-feliz-navidad-feliz-natal-joyeux-noel-frohe-weihnacht-3\/#Algunas_palabras_sobre_el_belen_representado_arriba\" >Algunas palabras sobre el bel\u00e9n representado arriba<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-4'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-4\" href=\"https:\/\/www.laysalvatorians.org\/update\/2025\/12\/21\/merry-christmas-feliz-navidad-feliz-natal-joyeux-noel-frohe-weihnacht-3\/#i-2\" >&nbsp;<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-4'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-5\" href=\"https:\/\/www.laysalvatorians.org\/update\/2025\/12\/21\/merry-christmas-feliz-navidad-feliz-natal-joyeux-noel-frohe-weihnacht-3\/#The_annual_Christmas_reflection_in_several_languages\" >The annual Christmas reflection in several languages -<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-4'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-6\" href=\"https:\/\/www.laysalvatorians.org\/update\/2025\/12\/21\/merry-christmas-feliz-navidad-feliz-natal-joyeux-noel-frohe-weihnacht-3\/#La_reflexion_anual_de_Navidad_en_varios_idiomas\" >La reflexi\u00f3n anual de Navidad en varios idiomas<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/nav><\/div>\n<h4><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"i\"><\/span>&nbsp;<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h4>\n<p><img fetchpriority=\"high\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.laysalvatorians.org\/update\/wp-content\/uploads\/Weihnachten-2025_k-150x150.png 150w, https:\/\/www.laysalvatorians.org\/update\/wp-content\/uploads\/Weihnachten-2025_k-212x300.png 212w, https:\/\/www.laysalvatorians.org\/update\/wp-content\/uploads\/Weihnachten-2025_k-725x1024.png 725w, https:\/\/www.laysalvatorians.org\/update\/wp-content\/uploads\/Weihnachten-2025_k.png 766w\" sizes=\"(min-width: 725px) 766px, (min-width: 212px) 725px, (min-width: 150px) 212px, 150px\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-4736\" alt=\"\" width=\"766\" height=\"1082\"><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h4 style=\"text-align: center;\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"A_few_words_about_the_nativity_scene_depicted_above\"><\/span><span style=\"font-family: 'comic sans ms', sans-serif; color: #0000ff; font-size: 14pt;\"><strong>A few words about the nativity scene depicted above<\/strong><\/span><span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h4>\n<h4 style=\"text-align: center;\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Algunas_palabras_sobre_el_belen_representado_arriba\"><\/span><span style=\"font-family: 'comic sans ms', sans-serif; color: #0000ff; font-size: 14pt;\"><strong>Algunas palabras sobre el bel\u00e9n representado arriba<\/strong><\/span><span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h4>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<table style=\"border-collapse: collapse; width: 100%;\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 20%; text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.laysalvatorians.org\/update\/wp-content\/uploads\/thoughts-on-picture_en.pdf\"><span style=\"color: #0000ff; font-family: 'comic sans ms', sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;\">English<\/span><\/a><\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 20%;\">\n<p class=\"wgl-title css-i3irj7\" style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.laysalvatorians.org\/update\/wp-content\/uploads\/thoughts-on-picture_es.pdf\"><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><span style=\"font-family: 'comic sans ms', sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;\">Espa\u00f1ol<\/span><\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 20%; text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.laysalvatorians.org\/update\/wp-content\/uploads\/thoughts-on-picture_pt.pdf\"><span style=\"font-family: 'comic sans ms', sans-serif; font-size: 14pt; color: #0000ff;\">Portugu\u00eas<\/span><\/a><\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 20%; text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.laysalvatorians.org\/update\/wp-content\/uploads\/thoughts-on-picture_fr.pdf\"><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><span style=\"font-family: 'comic sans ms', sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;\">Fran\u00e7ais<\/span><\/span><\/a><\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 20%; text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.laysalvatorians.org\/update\/wp-content\/uploads\/thoughts-on-picture_de.pdf\"><span style=\"font-family: 'comic sans ms', sans-serif; font-size: 14pt; color: #0000ff;\">Deutsch<\/span><\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><img srcset=\"https:\/\/www.laysalvatorians.org\/update\/wp-content\/uploads\/Weihnachten-2025-2k-150x150.png 150w, https:\/\/www.laysalvatorians.org\/update\/wp-content\/uploads\/Weihnachten-2025-2k-212x300.png 212w, https:\/\/www.laysalvatorians.org\/update\/wp-content\/uploads\/Weihnachten-2025-2k-723x1024.png 723w, https:\/\/www.laysalvatorians.org\/update\/wp-content\/uploads\/Weihnachten-2025-2k.png 766w\" sizes=\"(min-width: 723px) 766px, (min-width: 212px) 723px, (min-width: 150px) 212px, 150px\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-4737\" alt=\"\" width=\"766\" height=\"1085\"><\/p>\n<h4><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"i-2\"><\/span>&nbsp;<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h4>\n<h4 style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\">The annual Christmas reflection in several languages &#8211;<\/span><\/h4>\n<h4 style=\"text-align: center;\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"La_reflexion_anual_de_Navidad_en_varios_idiomas\"><\/span>La reflexi\u00f3n anual de Navidad en varios idiomas<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h4>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<table style=\"border-collapse: collapse; width: 100.105%; height: 56px;\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 20%; text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.laysalvatorians.org\/update\/wp-content\/uploads\/Weihnachtsgeschichte_25-Muli_en.pdf\"><span style=\"font-family: 'comic sans ms', sans-serif; font-size: 14pt; color: #800000;\">English<\/span><\/a><\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 20%;\">\n<p class=\"wgl-title css-i3irj7\" style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.laysalvatorians.org\/update\/wp-content\/uploads\/Weihnachtsgeschichte_25-Muli_en.pdf\"><span style=\"font-family: 'comic sans ms', sans-serif; font-size: 14pt; color: #800000;\">Espa\u00f1ol<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 20%; text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.laysalvatorians.org\/update\/wp-content\/uploads\/Weihnachtsgeschichte_25-Muli_pt.pdf\"><span style=\"font-family: 'comic sans ms', sans-serif; font-size: 14pt; color: #800000;\">Portugu\u00eas<\/span><\/a><\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 20%; text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.laysalvatorians.org\/update\/wp-content\/uploads\/Weihnachtsgeschichte_25-Muli_fr.pdf\"><span style=\"font-family: 'comic sans ms', sans-serif; font-size: 14pt; color: #800000;\">Fran\u00e7ais<\/span><\/a><\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 20%; text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.laysalvatorians.org\/update\/wp-content\/uploads\/Weihnachtsgeschichte_25-Muli.pdf\"><span style=\"font-family: 'comic sans ms', sans-serif; font-size: 14pt; color: #800000;\">Deutsch<\/span><\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 20%;\">&nbsp;<\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 20%;\">&nbsp;<\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 20%;\">&nbsp;<\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 20%;\">&nbsp;<\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 20%;\">&nbsp;<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #3366ff;\">Dear sisters and brothers,<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #3366ff;\">let us take a minute or two on this Holy Evening to remind ourselves of those Salvatorian sisters and brothers of all three branches<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #3366ff;\">who have passed away since Christmas last year.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #3366ff;\">May they rest in peace and forgiveness. They will have a place in our hearts all the time.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.laysalvatorians.org\/update\/merry-christmas-feliz-navidad\/image3\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-2415\"><img srcset=\"https:\/\/www.laysalvatorians.org\/update\/wp-content\/uploads\/Image3-150x150.png 150w, https:\/\/www.laysalvatorians.org\/update\/wp-content\/uploads\/Image3-300x64.png 300w, https:\/\/www.laysalvatorians.org\/update\/wp-content\/uploads\/Image3-768x164.png 768w, https:\/\/www.laysalvatorians.org\/update\/wp-content\/uploads\/Image3-1024x219.png 1024w\" sizes=\"(min-width: 768px) 1024px, (min-width: 300px) 768px, (min-width: 150px) 300px, 150px\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-2415\" alt=\"\" width=\"900\" height=\"192\"><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Merry Christmas from the General Committee &#8211; Feliz Navidad de parte del Comit\u00e9 General &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; A few words about the nativity scene depicted above Algunas palabras sobre el bel\u00e9n representado arriba &nbsp; English Espa\u00f1ol Portugu\u00eas Fran\u00e7ais Deutsch<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[61,62,63],"class_list":["post-4734","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-christmas","tag-christmas-greetings","tag-christmas-tale","tag-christmas-thoughts"],"post_mailing_queue_ids":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.laysalvatorians.org\/update\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4734","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.laysalvatorians.org\/update\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.laysalvatorians.org\/update\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.laysalvatorians.org\/update\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.laysalvatorians.org\/update\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4734"}],"version-history":[{"count":10,"href":"https:\/\/www.laysalvatorians.org\/update\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4734\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4759,"href":"https:\/\/www.laysalvatorians.org\/update\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4734\/revisions\/4759"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.laysalvatorians.org\/update\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4734"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.laysalvatorians.org\/update\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4734"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.laysalvatorians.org\/update\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4734"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}