SUNDAY Dec 24- 2023- YEAR 2- Episode# 94 Good Sunday Morning with Fr Andre on KNUS 710 am: “Christmas is God With Us, the Emmanuel- the Gift of Life, Peace and Joy”

Christmas is a Time during which the Eternal Glory of God has entered into our Human Life in the flesh! 

(Isaiah 41: 1-20)

Good holy Sunday morning my dear friends of the Mission of Hope and Mercy, and listeners to the show. 

Happy and Merry Christmas to all.

My dear friends, Tis’ the Day before Christmas: It is Christmas Eve, Merry Christmas to you all! I am exceptionally recording this show live on Christmas Eve, while I am in a big truck, loaded with gifts to the children in villages and towns in South Lebanon. Yes, along with two volunteers, and under severe weather conditions, some bombing going on, we are going to deliver to churches in South Lebanon around 700 Christmas gifts to be distributed to many many children across the Tyre Diocese and the High Galilee area. Pray for us I want you to know that I love you all. I am most thankful to all of our donors and contributors in the US, in Colorado who are making this Christmas Miracle happen. Our Truck is called: God is Love. We are driving it uncovered, under rain, and high wind, because of security reasons we are not allowed to take a hard covered truck, out of fear it will be bombed. 

OnThursday Dec 21, I met with over 600  including a little girl: Ella Tannous, now 9 years old. Ella is a Christmas Miracle child who was hit by a deadly virus shortly after birth. 

Unfortunately, due to a medical mistake, Ella ended up losing both her hands and feet. What was left of her is her head and central body. With this, Ella sings, and gives testimony to Christ that it is because of Him that she is still alive. 

Ella made Jesus a song in which she tells him that she lives through Him, and will always speak of His Love and Mercy and that she encourages children all over the world not to lose faith in God when times are hard, but instead to turn to Him knowing that He is the true and only Savior! 

Mission of Hope and Mercy gave Ella and another 600 children their Christmas gifts in a big parade. 

It was a privilege to share with Ella in a very social way a smart robot doll and a headphone, which reads books to Ella, types her words for her, allows her to listen to music and communicate through words, actions and creativity. 

Ella also paints with her mouth and lips and she also has an amazing voice with which she glorifies God and made a song to Jesus! 

I am privileged to have given Ella and another 600 children their Christmas gifts in these 2 days! 

Ok behalf of the Mission of Hope and Mercy, I am most thankful to all of our donors,  benefactors and people who support us! 

I urge and ask you, before the end of the year to continue your support and to help us realize more Christmas miracles in bringing food, medication and education to thousands of families in Lebanon, all because of your support. 

I ask for your prayers. Earlier today, Christmas Eve I went to local hospital to give sick children their Christmas gifts. Now, I am heading to the South of Lebanon despite danger along with few members of my Team of the Mission of Hope and Mercy. Pray for us as we are trying to deliver around 700 Christmas gifts to Children in the Region of the historical and Biblical Tyre, all the way to High Galilee and Mount Hermon. 

I like to share with you our experience when we visited the sick children in the hospital: Members of my team of the Mission of Hope and Mercy, a Christmas band and myself, visited local hospital in Jbeil- Byblos Lebanon. Yes I did finally sing all my favorite Christmas Carols, greeted all visitors, distributed Christmas Gifts to the sick children and visiting children, children in the pediatric emergency. We also distributed chocolate and candies to all the members of the medical body, nurses, doctors, families and visitors! I am most thankful to all the American donors of the Mission of Hope and Mercy for allowing me to do this on your behalf! I love you all!  

I am now on my way to South Lebanon, carrying around 700 Christmas gifts to children across the villages of Lebanon’s southern borders. We will meet the priests from many towns, they will carry the gifts to the children of their parishes the night of Christmas Eve!  God bless you all, pray for us please for safety! I wish you all a very Merry Christmas

God bless you 

Fr Andre Y Sebastian Mahanna