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Evening celebration that has lived this afternoon the Catholic University of Murcia with the opening of Advent and Christmas he pronounced the bishop of the Diocese of Cartagena, Jose Manuel Lorca Planes.
The ceremony was attended by Jose Luis Mendoza, president of the UCAM;
Josefina Garcia Lozano, rector, who were accompanied by many members of the university community.
Plans Lorca has underscored the link between Christmas and the Jubilee Year of mercy, "we can not separate these two realities Christmas is love God's presence in our midst. And mercy is the heart of God in our midst "he said.
During the opening speech, he said that this Jubilee Year proposed by Pope Francisco, "has been dragging since the Lord thought of us", and noted the need to listen to God "in the silence of everyone", and know their face of love.
"Either you are projects, projects of hope. Christ is the way," he concluded.
For his part, the president of the institution pointed out that it is essential that the Catholic university is doing this this time with visible signs of what Christmas means to Christians "the birth of Jesus in Bethlehem."
Likewise, he highlighted the importance of this time, "in which families live waiting for the coming of the Lord, but the coming of God into our hearts, time of love, forgiveness, joy and relief to those most suffer ".
Also, later, the bishop blessed the traditional Bethlehem University, installed in the cloister, measuring more than 20 meters and consists of about 70 pieces.
During the ceremony, they sang carols;
Additional gang Con-fusa interpreted Malaga, seguidillas, jacks or partying, accompanied by the 'Easter script' by Antonio Andreu 'Bucket'.
Source: UCAM
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