Merry Christmas!

Christmas is a celebration of our culture, our history, our honor, our children's dreams, and hope.

These are also difficult days when you miss your loved ones, but that's life. First it was our grandparents, then our parents, and someday it will be us for our children.

Perhaps you have had the misfortune of losing a child. In that case, all you can do is be strong, be strong as Jesus Christ was, and accept the sacrifice you have had to endure.

No matter where you are from, no matter your religion, no matter your skin color, I just wish you a Merry Christmas, mutual respect, and health, health for you and your loved ones. Without health, there is nothing. With health, you can climb the highest peak in the world; without health, you can barely climb a single step.

And peace, that peace that states cannot create for their citizens or their neighbors, that peace constantly interrupted by wars. Peace is created with respect, respecting the lives of others, the work of others, the property of others, the beliefs of others.

Respect and demand respect. Do not allow the degradation of our society, our culture, or our children's future. It is your obligation as a man, as a father; it is your obligation as a woman, as a mother.

Live with honor and avoid sin. Although I know it is difficult, because we humans constantly make mistakes, our imperfect nature is both our greatest weakness and our greatest virtue. Be aware of what is right and what is wrong; rectify, ask for forgiveness, and forgive.

Merry Christmas to all.