Francis Gonsalves, SJ, a Jesuit of the Gujarat Province in western India, is a professor of theology at Jnana Deepa Pontifical Athanaeum of Philosophy and Theology, Pune. He holds a doctorate in systematic theology and contributes articles to various journals both in India and abroad.
“Merry Christmas!” is the greeting you will hear many times during this season. Glorious though this greeting sounds, it sometimes masks the deeper meaning of Christmas, which is sadly reduced to being a festival when you ‘shop till you drop’.