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 […]

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 […]

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, […]

https://youtu.be/L_yY27hITJY Today the church celebrates The Fifth Day of the Octave of Christmas, and also The Feast of Saint Thomas Becket, bishop and martyr. Let us pray. O God, who gave the martyr Saint Thomas Becket the courage to give up his life for the sake of justice, grant with his intercession that renouncing our […]