2025.12.14 3rd Sunday of Advent

Dear Parishioners,

As we come to the third Sunday of Advent and light the third candle of our Advent Wreath, we continue to prepare the Way of the Lord.

Advent is a joyful season, as we look forward to the coming of the Lord among us at Christmas.  However, it can also be an anxious time for some among us. Therefore, I invite you to keep in your special prayers the following people:

• All those who are approaching their first Christmas after the death of someone whom they have dearly loved;
• Those who come to Christmas to celebrate the Word made Flesh, knowing that cancer or some other disease has invaded their own flesh;
• Those who, advanced in age, live in fear that this will be their last Christmas in their own home, yet still able to live life in their own way;
• Those who struggle to make Christmas something their children will always remember but only add to the mounting worry about bills that cannot be paid;
• Those who came to this country, desperate to find a new life, and who now live in fear that everything might be lost;
• Those who are alienated from their family and friends, cut off from the faces meant to give them life;
• Those who are not here in the parish most Sundays because it has never been a place of comfort for them.

May God continue to bless our Advent journey!

Fr. Vijai, C.S.C. ~ Pastor

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