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Our patroness guards us on the journey. Because Mary was totally docile to the work of the Holy Spirit, her intercession will help you to receive the sacrament of confirmation, so that you too may be docile to the action of the Holy Spirit and may live every day of your life in joy and love, faithful to your vocation and mission.

Bp Paolo who declared Ruwi parish a pilgrimage center for all the faithful of Oman, invited the parishioners to help the priests to accompany the pilgrims who will come to find peace and mercy, to be a sign of hope for everyone, the true hope that sustains us in tribulations, to be witnesses of Jesus.

Bp Paolo started his pastoral visit 2025 to all parishes of the vicariate, from the parish dedicated to the patron saints of the Vicariate, Sts Peter and Paul, in Ruwi, Oman.

Jesus does not have his own sins to be purified. Rather, he immerses himself in the Jordan River to take upon himself our sins. Let us never forget our baptism, this immense gift that has made us children of God forever. The Holy Spirit descends also on the Church and each of us, through the sacraments and charisms, calling us to be witnesses.

Bp Paolo opened the Jubilee in St. Anthony of Padua in RAK which is the official shrine for all the faithful in the United Arab Emirates, on the Epiphany Feast day. "Let us imitate the Magi, let us go to meet Christ. Let us allow the encounter with him to change our hearts. Be pilgrims of hope, recognize Jesus as the Savior of the world. Bring the friendship of Jesus to everyone."

Jesus manifests himself as the light of the world, the Gospel is for everyone. Jesus overcomes all divisions and barriers and wants to make all nations, the kingdom of God, a kingdom of peace and justice.

We must imitate Mary in considering the events of Jesus and keeping them in our hearts. The Mother of God helps us to grasp the connection between all the events that happened in our life in which Jesus makes himself mysteriously present.

Let us thank the Lord for the gift of the past year and ask for blessings in the new year in which we may experience reconciliation with God and among people, beginning with our hearts, our families and our communities.

"I think especially of those who feel downtrodden, burdened by their past mistakes, oppressed by the judgment of others and incapable of perceiving even a glimmer of hope for their own lives. Upon everyone I invoke hope and peace, for this is a Year of Grace born of the Heart of the Redeemer!"

Bp Paolo inaugurated the Jubilee Year for the Vicariate of Southern Arabia with a solemn celebration at St Joseph's Cathedral in the presence of representatives of all the parishes of our vicariate.

At Christmas we celebrate the humility of God. Why did God show himself to us in the fragility of a child who is born and not showing his invincible omnipotence? Because he wants us to welcome him and love him in freedom and not out of fear.

Let us become for each other angels announcing the joy of Christmas. We are children of the light. We must shine in the darkness!

"If God has overcome the distance between heaven and earth, with his help we can overcome every other distance and be united in the love of Christ."

"I invite you to live intensely these last days to prepare us for Christmas. Let us imitate Mary who went to help her cousin in need, let us help those who are in need; let us purify our hearts from sin, let us recognize the action of God in our lives, let us recognize the presence of Christ in our brothers and sisters."

"Every meeting between Christians should be like that of between Mary and Elizabeth, full of joy for the work of God. We must learn to look at people with a gaze of faith and recognize in the other the presence and work of God. In this way we will be free and joyful."

"Jesus is God with us, he is God's closeness and company to everybody. This is the foundation of our joy. In solitude there is sadness and darkness; with Jesus there is Light, joy, peace and reconciliation; forgiveness of our sins."

Bp Paolo writes a letter to the children as they prepare to celebrate Christmas. "While you prepare the nativity scene, don't forget to prepare your heart to welcome Jesus."

Bp Paolo Martinelli celebrated the first mass of the Filipino traditional Simbang Gabi in Ras Al Khaimah

Bp Paolo invites us to ask ourselves what the foundation of our joy is, where do we place our hope?

Bp Paolo announces that, in our Vicariate, the Jubilee Year will be celebrated from 29 December 2024 to 28 December 2025 and there will be 3 "Shrine Churches" for pilgrimage and plenary indulgence, one in each of the countries of the vicariate : UAE, Oman, Yemen.