We are now in the middle of our Advent season in which we will celebrate Christmas in two weekends. We give thanks for this Advent time of preparation and waiting. Today, we celebrate Guadete Sunday, the third Sunday of Advent, with the rose colored candle on the Advent wreath, signifying the joy that we feel in our hearts as we journey closer to the day of the birth of our Lord.
Last Thursday, on December 8, we commemorated the Solemnity of the Immaculate Conception, honoring the conception without sin in which our Blessed Mother was born. Then, last Friday, we commemorated St Juan Diego, the humble Mexican peasant to whom the apparition of Our Lady of Guadalupe appeared in Mexico City in 1531. The feast day of our Lady of Guadalupe will be celebrated on Monday, December 12. It is appropriate that we honor the Mother of the Lord in different ways as we journey through the holy season of Advent as we prepare and wait for the coming of the Lord.
We hope that you will join us for the Advent reconciliation service this Wednesday, December 14 at 6:00 pm. We are going to have various priests here to listen to your confession. Then, this year, in addition to our 5:00 pm Christmas Eve Mass, we will have a midnight Mass this year. We will also have our normal schedule of Masses on Christmas Day, Sunday, December 25. As this is my first year at Holy Savior and Immaculate Conception, I am looking forward to celebrating Christmas with all of you.
Blessings to all of you as we continue our journey during Advent. Father Lincoln.
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