Lamentably, many people made the festivity of Christmas to have only trade, foods and gifts. They forgot the true and so beautiful sense of Christimas. Our Lady reminds us:
Message of 12/20//2001 - Advent: "At Christmas, lamentably are those who don’t live the Nativity of my Son, but they live only a celebration where receive, give gifts and eat... What is this? Christmas was never this way. Saint Joseph and I never thought the situation could be this way. The people forget about Jesus, our King, and think only of eat and receive gifts... That's why there are people who don’t truly happy. They are unhappy. Don’t think that God wants the things this way in a so special day. Invite the poor, the homeless, the marginalized, the drug addict to sup with you. Give food to others and don’t overeating. Know to share and donate yourselves to others . If you do it, you will be called children of God and He will give a reward in Heaven, a reward that never ends and nobody destroys. If you knew how much it is beautiful, you will do everything as Jesus said. Unite with your families, but don’t forget the poverty and prayer. If God did not want so, He would not have come into the world in a manner so simple and poor and in his life, He would not have prayed to the Father. Don’t forget that God is between you. Praise Him, praise and thank the Heavenly Father for sending His Son to the world to save it. Make the beautiful Novena of Christmas."
Message of 12/19/2003 - Advent: "In this Advent time, look at the crib. Look as I was poor, as Saint Joseph had little money, as Jesus was so simple and so humble. He lived in the simplicity and without nothing valuable. He was a little poor. In Bethlehem, we were happy because He came until us. He was there! The animals sang, shouted and shook their heads for Jesus who was there! Poor shepherds gone there to visit Him. We were happy with Him, with the God of Heaven who came until us and was there. Today, He is also in the churches and many people only visit Him rarely..."
Messages of Our Lady in Divinópolis, Brazil.