Dear Brothers and Sisters in Christ, As we celebrate the New Year this week, we also celebrate a special feast day on January 1st in honor of our Blessed Mother – the Solemnity of the Blessed Virgin Mary, the Mother of God. It’s a Holy Day of Obligation where we have the opportunity to attend…
Dear Brothers and Sisters in Christ, We’ve all heard the expression, “Keep Christ in Christmas.” It’s become a constant refrain we use this time of year and a reminder we see all around us, especially on the ever popular Knights of Columbus magnet. But it’s something we certainly need to hear, and need to hear…
Dear Brothers and Sisters in Christ, Today we celebrate what is traditionally called “Gaudete Sunday.” With “Laetare Sunday”during Lent, it is one of the two days of the year that the priest can wear a Rose vestment.The word gaudete means rejoice, and it comes from the entrance antiphon of the Mass,“Rejoice in the Lord always;…
Dear Brothers and Sisters in Christ, C.S. Lewis has a great essay entitled, “Xmas and Christmas: A Lost Chapter from Herodotus.” It’s a clever piece that speaks of a distant land where people celebrate two different festivals. Some celebrate something called ‘exmas.’ They labor for weeks on presents and exmas cards (dreading receiving a card…
Dear Brothers and Sisters in Christ, This may seem a little early, but I want to wish everyone a blessed new year! As Advent begins this weekend, our Church enters a new year of grace. The cycle restarts, transitioning from the end of time and Christ the King, to the time before Christ’s coming. We…