Merry Christmas! - December 25th, 2019

Merry Christmas!  On this joyous occasion we come together to celebrate the birth of Jesus Christ.  We know where this historic event happened and I was there twice.  Listen to my homily about this joyous occasion. 


Merry Christmas! - December 25th, 2019

Readings (Mass During the Night):  IS 9:1-6; PS 96: 1-2, 2-3, 11-12, 13; TI 2:11-14; LK 2:1-14

Readings (Mass at Dawn):  IS 62:11-12; PS 97:1, 6, 11-12; TI 3:4-7; LK 2:15-20

Christmas Mass in Shepherds Field near Bethlehem

(As with all the Holy Sites, we celebrated the event at the site)

February 21st, 2019

Pilgrims for Mass at Shepherds Field near Bethlehem

Church of the Nativity in Bethlehem, Israel

Birthplace of Jesus Christ in the cave (that is now well decorated) 

under the Church of the Nativity in Bethlehem, Israel

Nativity Scene purchased in Jerusalem, Israel

Let us have great joy as we celebrate the gift of Jesus Christ given to us in the Incarnation.  Let us respond with faith and love to this gift and come up with one thing we can do better in our lives to respond to this gift of love.