Christmas in Jordan 2015. Experience among confreres on the forefront
Visit to the St. Joseph of Zarqa in Jordan. 16-28 December 2015 I arrived in Zarqa after a journey of nearly 27 hours , of which less than 4 spent in the air. Due to a mechanical problem of the Greek plane that from Rome was supposed to take me to Athens, we were able to take off 4 hours later and then we missed the connection. Thanks God the Greek company provided us with a place in the Sofilet hotel at Athens airport where we could spend a comfortable night, and a ticket for a Royal Jordanian flight the next afternoon. I arrived in Amman in the late afternoon of Wednesday, December 16. The welcome was warm as ever. The climate is mild and dry. One thing that struck me is that despite all the information we had and the fear of terrorism, I have not seen deployments of police or tighter controls than usual. It seems a very quiet atmosphere. When I arrived at our center, I was struck by the lights placed on our shrine and our home, holiday lights for Christmas y...