Empathy Simplified!!!

  The Christmas Chronicles 2025 Third Sunday of Advent - Joy “When Hearts Learn to Sing Again” Jacob Mascarenhas Dear Readers, The Third Sunday of Advent arrived with a gentle reminder that even the smallest light can lead a weary heart into joy again. It was Gaudete Sunday, the Sunday that calls the world to rejoice. I woke up to the soft glow of a December morning, its sunlight slowly stretching across my room like warm fingers reaching out to me. The air carried a slight chill, but also something new, an invitation to smile a little deeper than yesterday. As I prepared to go to the chapel, I felt a sense of anticipation I hadn’t felt in a long time. The journey through Advent had already begun stirring something inside me. Hope had given me courage. Peace had taught me to breathe. And now, joy was ready to visit a soul that had forgotten its own laughter for too long. Inside the chapel, the Advent wreath waited like a compass guiding our hearts toward Christmas. Today, the rose ...