'O' ANTIPHONS DAY 7 CONCLUSION......"O COME O COME EMMANUEL"............

On this 4th Monday and last day of Advent, which is also as the hours progress, Christmas Eve, December 24th; we pray and commemorate the close of Advent and the beginning of Christmas 2012-2013, with the 'O' Antiphons, the seventh and final one being, "O Come O Come Emmanuel".  The long awaited and eagerly expected Coming of the Messiah, we as Catholic-Christians believe is accomplished in the Birth of God Made Man, Jesus The Christ; truly see in the Christmas Event the fulfillment of the 'O' Antiphons.  When we sing and proclaim, "O Come O Come Emmanuel", which means "God With Us", it affirms our Faith that in the Nativity of the Christ Child more than two thousand years ago, the reconciliation and renewal of the relationship between the Divine and Humankind was begun and that the Living and True God, in Christ Jesus the Lord and our Savior, is God With Us.  As you do your bits and pieces today in readiness for your celebration of this Christmas, may God truly be with you and yours............Fr.  Troy