Blog - December 2018

December 30, 2018: "Christmas is a “family story,” as we all know. Christmas is the story of an expectant mother, Mary, and her husband, St. Joseph, and their little baby boy, Jesus. This is the mystery we celebrate each year on the first Sunday after Christmas — the feast of the Holy Family."

December 25, 2018: "The Father Almighty comes to us as a Son — a tiny baby who cannot take care of himself, an infant wrapped in swaddling clothes and lying in a manger....Jesus comes this way so that we will realize that he is not a God who is far away from us — a God who is way up there in the heavens, and not concerned with our life here on earth."

December 23, 2018: "Christmas helps us to see that God has a loving plan for the Church, for the world and for every one of us. Jesus comes to redeem sinners and all of us stand in need of his redemption. So, we ask for the grace today to trust in God and his salvation."

December 12, 2018: "En sus ojos vemos a una Madre que se regocija cuando sus hijos están felices, a una Madre que llora cuando sus hijos están sufriendo y que se inclina para tomarnos de la mano y levantarnos."

December 12, 2018: "The Virgin reminds us that beyond the color of our skin or the countries where we come from, we are all brothers and sisters. We are — every one of us, there are no exceptions! — all of us are children of one heavenly Father and we have the Mother of God as our mother."

December 8, 2018: "Today’s celebration is about the Immaculate Conception and as we know it is about the fact that Mary was preserved from all stain of original sin...it is clear to us that God wanted Mary to be the most perfect creature because she will be the mother of God."