Christmas, A Celebration of Divine Access

christ-is-bornWe come to this day with great anticipation, sometimes for the right reasons, but often with an understanding of this feast means. We know with certainty that Christmas, the feast of the Incarnation, a celebration of Divine Access; it is ultimately a celebration of radical access to God.

God tells us that he is deeply, radically available to us. Are we making ourselves available to Him?

The House of Bread, the town of Bethlehem and now our Churches, is the Eucharistic symbol of God’s Presence, His availability to the world. Christmas is a Eucharistic preview event that will be made manifest fully and completely on Holy Thursday, Good Friday and Easter Sunday.

Today is exclusively about HIM. Only Jesus can fulfill the human heart revealed in Christmastide.

Blessings at Christmas!

Merry Christmas

christmas-wreathMay you have a Blessed Solemnity of the Nativity of Our Lord Jesus Christ

Merry Christmas in Different Languages

Arabic: Milad Majid
Armenian: Shenoraavor Nor Dari yev Pari Gaghand
Chinese: (Cantonese) Gun Tso Sun Tan’Gung Haw Sun
Chinese: (Mandarin) Sheng Dan Kuai Le
English: Merry Christmas
French: Joyeux Noel
Gaelic: Nollaig chridheil agus Bliadhna mhath ùr!
German: Fröhliche Weihnachten
Greek: Kala Christouyenna!
Hebrew: Mo’adim Lesimkha. Chena tova
Iraqi: Idah Saidan Wa Sanah Jadidah
Irish: Nollaig Shona Dhuit, or Nodlaig mhaith chugnat
Italian: Buone Feste Natalizie
Korean: Sung Tan Chuk Ha
Latin: Natale hilare et Annum Faustum!
Lithuanian: Linksmu Kaledu
Pennsylvania German: En frehlicher Grischtdaag un en hallich Nei Yaahr!
Philippines: Maligayang Pasko!
Polish: Wesolych Swiat Bozego Narodzenia or Boze Narodzenie
Portuguese: Feliz Natal
Spanish: Feliz Navidad
Switzerland (Swiss-German): Schöni Wienachte
Ukrainian: Z Rizdvom Khrystovym or S rozhdestvom Kristovym

Helping the needy at St Stanislaus Church

Fr. Tadeusz writes: 
 
Once again at the urging of the Pastoral Council we are organizing Christmas help for the children and families who are most needy in our Parish as well as for the homeless of New Haven. There  is a tree in the sanctuary with stars on it asking for various items for the poor. If anyone is interested  in making the Christmas season a bit more joyful for these people, I ask you to take a star and buy the things it asks for and bring them unwrapped by either Saturday, Dec. 10th or Sunday, December 11th. You may also offer $25 gift cards. I thank you from the bottom of my heart for participating in this fine program.