My Dear Parishioners:
This weekend we arrive at the Fourth Sunday of Advent. A week from today will be
Christmas.
This is a little suggestion for what to do in our homes this week. Play CD’s of Christmas Carols. This, I believe, will give us an awareness of the true meaning of the Christmas Season; for instance, how beautiful it is to hear “Joy to the World, the Lord has Come”. How reflective is the Christmas Carol, “Away in a Manger no Crib for a Bed”. How exhilarating is it to hear “Hark the Herald, Angels Sing, Glory to the New Born King.” The beautiful hymn of invitation for all of us “O Come All Ye Faithful, Joyful and Triumphant.” Another wonderful hymn to the angels “Angels we have heard on High, Sweetly Singing O’er the Plains.” Then there is the beautiful, peaceful hymn “Silent Night, Holy Night, All is Calm, All is Bright, Round Yon Virgin Mother and Child.” A very peppy and joyful hymn is “Go Tell it on the Mountain, over the Hill and Everywhere, Go Tell it on the Mountain, that Jesus Christ is Born.”
A week from Sunday is Christmas, only once a year does this magnificent celebration occur and as the prayer states, Jesus is the Reason for the Season. May we all take time this week, perhaps in just listening to Christmas Carols in our homes, to really reflect that on the First Christmas Day Jesus Christ, Son of God, was born into the world. Truly, how can anything be more awesome!
Fr. Leroy
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