Dear Friends and Parishioners,
As we celebrate the joy of this holy season I invite you to reflect upon these various quotes from three recent popes:
“On this day of joy, we are all called to contemplate the Child Jesus, who gives hope
once again to every person on the face of the earth. By his grace, let us with our voices
and our actions give witness to solidarity and peace. Merry Christmas to all!”
Pope Francis, Christmas 2016
“The things of God can wait, we think and we say. And yet he is the most important
thing, ultimately the one truly important thing. Why should we not also be moved by curiosity
to see more closely and to know what God has said to us? At this hour, let us ask
him to touch our hearts with the holy curiosity and the holy joy of the shepherds, and
thus let us go over joyfully to Bethlehem, to the Lord who today once more comes to
meet us. Amen.”
Pope Benedict XVI, Christmas 2012
“And you, Mary, the Virgin of expectation and fulfilment, who hold the secret of Christmas,
make us able to recognize in the Child whom you hold in your arms the heralded
Savior, who brings hope and peace to all. With you we worship him and trustingly say:
we need You, Redeemer of man, You who know the hopes and fears of our hearts.
Come and stay with us, Lord! May the joy of your Nativity reach to the farthest ends of
the universe!”
Pope John Paul II, Christmas 2003
May you and your loved ones enjoy the blessings of faith, family, and friends!
Merry Christmas!
Fr. Gurnick
