Christmas, A Celebration of Divine Access
We 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
May 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
Masses for Christmas
High Mass for Christmas day will be offered at 2:00 pm.
Low Mass for the Octave Day of Christmas (January 1) will be offered at 2:00 pm.