Merry Christmas! On behalf of the
Paulists here in Austin, and all the St Austin Parish Staff, I wish you and
yours a Christmas full of fun, loving family, and good cheer! As people of
faith we have ample and firm grounds for celebrating this Feast. We celebrate not
because of anything we have done, not because of anything that is going on in
our society and government and international situation, but because of what God
has done for us. God has sent His Only Son to lead us out of darkness into
beautiful, wonderful, warm, fragrant light. So MERRY CHRISTMAS!!!
On this weekend of December 26-27
we celebrate the Holy Family. It is a reminder and inspiration for all of us to
live as a Holy Family—our own nuclear family, the family of our neighborhood,
the family of our parish, city, nation and world. Because Christ is present in
every one of these, they are, at least potentially, a holy family. We must live
is in such a way as to make that real.
Next weekend we celebrate the
Feast of the Epiphany. Not only do we recall the visit of the Magi to Jesus,
but we more profoundly and deeply celebrate the revelation of Christ to the
entire world. Each of us is called to be a witness to that, a manifestation of
God’s love for the world in Jesus Christ. We are not merely recalling an event
from long ago and far away but reminding ourselves of our duty to help make the
Christ event known in the lives of all those around us.
We have much to celebrate.
Merry Christmas!
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