The Croatian Royal Council collected sources, groceries, sweets and clothes for the homeless and the Missionaries of Love monastery in Zagreb
During this holy and peaceful Christmas Eve in anticipation of Christmas, members of the Croatian Royal Council, in a cooperation of the Humanitarian Department of the CRC and the newly formed Gebetsliga Croatia handed over clothes, necessities, groceries and sweets for the homeless and the needy to the Sisters of the Missionaries of Charity in Zagreb.
CRC volunteers have been working with the homeless for days, offering them help and a caring word of advice and company. Unfortunately, the severe crisis in the country, hyper inflation of goods and food and bad economic and market policy led to great social differences and crisis. While on the one hand we have waste by inflating prices and overconsumption during the Advent season, on the other hand we have an increasing number of homeless and needy people below and on the poverty line. This is precisely why the Croatian Royal Council, in the tradition of December dedicated to charitable work, chose this year to help and collect necessities for the homeless, for this purpose we chose the Missionaries of Love, an order started by St. mother Teresa and who with so much love and dedication help the poorest in our community.
On this occasion, the leadership of the Croatian Royal Council and all members express their heartfelt wishes for a blessed and happy Christmas and New Year 2024! On this occasion, we convey the message of our father Luka Poljak on the occasion of Advent and Christmas:
A message of vigilance and anticipation
Rev. Luka Poljak,
Croatian Catholic Center of Our Lady of the Great Croatian Baptismal Vow, CRC
Vigilance as a concept of liberating excellence is opposed to a concept of routine that entraps. We often hear among ourselves complaints of dissatisfaction that many things become routine for us, and lose their charm and beauty. More recently, it has even become Advent and Christmas itself. Our soul is drowsy from the daily look at the transient, monotonous, unimportant, and even sinful circumstances of the world around us, and therefore we inevitably fall into the danger of spiritual "sleep". At such a moment, we can no longer perceive Christ himself. Unfortunately, it becomes easier and easier. do. As a result, the eyes of our souls are darkened, ignored, forgotten and rejected. It seems that many in our world today are no longer able to break through the growing chaotic noise to notice the gentle, clear and deep voice of the Savior of the world. When something routine we do, we become preoccupied with our own abilities. The Christian life is not a routine, but a daily overcoming of our limitations, that is, striving towards the path of holiness. Vigilance gives us a clear direction and an incentive to achieve that goal. In order to spend this Advent in the warmth of true spiritual joy, let us cultivate an inner sense of vigilance that inspires us to find new ways of walking in holiness every day. In this, let us be most encouraged by the example of our Heavenly Mother, who at the moment of the Annunciation receives the greatest reward for her constant vigilance – the gift of the incarnation of the Savior of the whole world under her maternal heart. As we begin Advent, our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ speaks to the deepest depths of the soul. He will not shout, he will whisper so that we give him our full attention - he will demand our vigilance. Let us therefore open the eyes of our soul, dare to achieve excellence through the cultivation of spiritual vigilance. Only then, we will not miss the starry glow of Christmas night. I wish the entire leadership and membership of the Croatian Royal Council a blessed period of Advent.
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