https://youtu.be/R33k3lzCJqw The church continues the celebration of The Great Feast of Christmas today with The Feast of the Epiphany, a word coming from the Greek that means an awakening, a manifestation, or a revelation. It is used to describe a new idea, or insight, a different way of looking at something, or any situation with […]
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Saturday of the Christmas Season
https://youtu.be/0TNBWSi8v4A “So we begin the work of putting Christmas back in its boxes, and store Christmas away for the next 11 months,” says Father Jerry in today’s homily. “But wait a minute. Let’s not box up the manger scene quite yet. Let Jesus stay around! Not the figurine but the spirit of the child of […]
Continue ReadingNew Year’s Day at All Hallows Catholic Church
https://youtu.be/OTLTLNnZ07E Happy New Years everyone! However, many different cultures celebrate the beginning of the new year on other dates during the year. For example, the Jewish New Year, Rosh Hashanah, is celebrated at the beginning of October. The Chinese will celebrate the beginning of the new year in late January. In fact, we as a […]
Continue ReadingThe Seventh Day within the Octave of Christmas
https://youtu.be/pygi3rcBClw “This year, Christ was born again and again and again,” says Father Jerry in today’s homily. “Many of us brought him to birth. Maybe this quieter Christmas rightly reflects a year when we experience the mystery of Christ’s birth in unexpected and lasting ways.” He adds, “This year the Word of God was made […]
Continue ReadingThe Sixth Day within the Octave of Christmas
https://youtu.be/0w-4zV1Gc4E Today the church celebrates The Sixth Day within the Octave of Christmas. Let us pray. Grant we pray, Almighty God, that the newness of the Nativity in the flesh of your only begotten Son may set us free, for ancient servitude holds us bound beneath the yoke of sin. Through our Lord Jesus Christ, […]
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