Christmas is almost
here! It is not too late to invite a
relative, friend, neighbor, co-worker to join you at Mass for Christmas. It could be the very best Christmas present
you give this year!
Our Christmas Masses
fill up, especially the 5:00 p.m. on Christmas Eve. There will also be a family Mass at 5:00 p.m.
at Christmas Eve at the University Catholic Center, just two blocks from our
church. They have more room. Even so, last year they also filled up. Other Masses for Christmas (9:00 p.m. here on
Christmas Eve and 10:00 a.m. here on Christmas Day) are much less crowded, and
I urge you to consider attending one of these Masses instead of the 5:00 p.m. on
Christmas Eve. All these Masses are wonderful,
joyful celebrations.
If you are travelling
over the Christmas holiday I pray that your journeys are safe, that your time
visiting family and friends is relaxing and joyful, unburdened by overly-high
or unrealistic expectations. While you
are away please remember you can always stay up-to-date with St. Austin’s
Parish by checking out the parish bulletin and other news on our fantastic
parish website: www.staustin.org. You don’t need to miss out on anything of the
many activities here by simply staying in touch on line. You can even follow my bulletin column and my
homilies on my blog, at www.ckullmann.blogspot.com. If you forget that there is a convenient link
to my blog on our parish website.
Next Sunday is the Feast
of the Holy Family. This is an
especially important year to pray for all families as we have just finished an
Extraordinary Synod in Rome on the family, and next year have the Ordinary Synod
on the family. So be sure to pray for
all families, especially those experiencing stress and problems due to war,
violence, drugs, illness, economic hardship, migration, and on and on.
On behalf of the entire
Parish Staff here at St. Austin’s Church, and the Paulist Fathers here in
Austin, I wish you and all your family a Blessed, Joyous and Merry
Christmas!
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