CHRISTMAS EVE 2013-2014.............

If you have been reading this blog the past three weeks. you will not be confused or unsure about the title of this blog column.  Although it is still Calendar Year 2013, in the Year of Our Lord; The Church's Liturgical Year begins with the Season of Advent in late November-early December, thus we are celebrating Christmas 2013 in Liturgical Year 2014.  As you and yours celebrate the Christmas holidays in these closing days of 2013 and prepare to cross the threshold into 2014, in what ways will you sanctify the Season of the Messiah's Holy Birth in a religious and spiritual manner ?  Attendance at a Christmas Mass either this evening or tomorrow morning; or presence at a Christian Worship Service should be at the heart of your celebration of Christmas Eve and Day.  There is plenty of time for the socializing togetherness this Christmas will bring,, why not make time to spend some of your time this Christmas with Jesus and the People of God in your Church community.  Remembering rightfully, that The Nativity of Jesus is the Reason for the Season.............Fr.  Troy David