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The Feast of the Holy Family celebrates the human family unit, as well as the ultimate family unit: Jesus, Mary, and Joseph. The feast is usually celebrated on the Sunday after Christmas. If Christmas is a Sunday, then the feast is celebrated on December 30.  The Liturgical Color(s) is white. Scriptural References for the Holy…

When we celebrate Christmas, we are commemorating the three nativities of Our Lord Jesus Christ.  This is why the readings are different throughout the Masses on Christmas. The first nativity is the eternal begetting of God the Son from all eternity within the mystery of the Blessed Trinity by the Father. This first nativity was…

Our week begins with “Gaudete Sunday.” Gaudete means “rejoice” in Latin.  The spirit of joy that begins this week comes from the words of Paul, “The Lord is near.”  This joyful spirit is marked by the third candle of our Advent wreath, which is rose colored, and the rose-colored vestments often used at the Mass. Preparing our…

The month of December is traditionally dedicated to the Immaculate Conception. This belief of the Church was defined by Pope Pius IX in 1854 as an article of revealed truth.  Here’s how Blessed Pope Pius IX defined the doctrine in his proclamation of December 8, 1854: “The most Blessed Virgin Mary was, from the first…