What a life! And it is mine, as a Priest of Jesus Christ!

Glory to God in the highest and on earth peace to people of good will!  Merry Christmas to all! I pray that you and your loved ones will experience the peace that the Newborn King comes to bring, and that His love reign supreme in your hearts every day of the coming year. Since I didn't send Christmas cards this year, I decided to do a "Christmas letter" and post it as a blog. It's not because I don't love you, it's because I'm cheap...its 2,30€ to mail from Vatican City to USA or $2.50 per envelope! I can hardly believe we're approaching 2016 , the year I get ordained a deacon, God willing! Much has happened in 2015, and I want to take a moment to review it with you all. December 31, 2014-January 1, 2015: I started off 2015 in a unique way: Locked in the Church of the Holy Sepulcher in Jerusalem! I, along with 6 other men from the NAC on pilgrimage rang in the new year at Calvary! Greek Orthodox Altar above the spot Jes...

We received this email from our Director of Liturgy yesterday, and I decided to post it in a blog because of its richness. Maranatha, Come Lord, Jesus! "On December 17 th , the Church’s Advent liturgy begins to focus in a particular way on the Nativity of the Lord.  The prayers, readings, and preface at Mass as well as the readings, antiphons for the Gospel canticles, intercessions, and prayers at the Liturgy of the Hours concentrate more resolutely than during the preceding days of Advent on the coming feast of the Nativity of the Lord. The great “O Antiphons” have a particular role in these days as they have been used for centuries as the antiphons for the Magnificat.  Each antiphon, always sung in a very similar melody, begins with a title of Christ, usually taken from the Old Testament, and followed by the petition that he come to us ( veni ) and act on our behalf: December 17:  O Sapientia  (O Wisdom) December 18:  O Adonai  (O Lord)...