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In these days of lingering Christmas joy, may God’s love be born anew in our hearts as we seek to absorb and share with others the love which God has for us.

St. Joseph, Buckeystown Cathedral of Mary Our Queen BNS (Bethlehem University) Dec. 24-25, 2022 Looking for Happiness Let me begin by wishing everyone a blessed and joyous Christmas! What a […]

Wednesday 4th Week of Advent Catholic Center Mass  21. XII. 2022 To Believe. To Praise. To Receive. In the final days of Advent, the Church invites us to see the […]

Thursday 4th Week of Advent Basilica of the Assumption, Baltimore Dec. 22. 2022 Today, we observe the 145th anniversary of the priestly ordination of Blessed Michael McGivney. He was ordained […]

As Christmas draws near, my prayer is that each of us will experience the powerful and merciful presence of Jesus our Savior, the fulfillment of God’s promises and the fulfillment of our deepest desires – and respond to the presence of Jesus, Emanuel, with the obedience of faith.

For my part, as chaplain, Fr. McGivney is my parish priest, the parish priest of my soul.

On this “Gaudete Sunday” – this Sunday of rejoicing, so near to Christmas: Let us find our joy in Christ our Savior.

John the Baptist, in condemning the fake and showy repentance of the Pharisees, tells us that we must wait for the Lord in complete sincerity of heart – and thus Fr. Paul and his coworkers must lead the way in the purifying of hearts – ‘for only the pure of heart shall see God’.