The Octave of Christmas & the Epiphany

Octave of Christmas, Solemnity of BVM, Mother of God (sign/voice) The Epiphany (sign/voice)

"There was a wedding at Cana in Galilee"  Baptism of the Lord (1/9) Epiphany: The 12th Day of Christmas (1/8) St John Neumann (1/5) St Elizabeth Ann Seton (1/4) Octave of Christmas, Solemnity of Mary, the Mother of God (1/1) Holy Family (12/30; the late Dcn Manny Garcia) St Thomas Becket (12/29) The Holy Innocents (12/28) St Stephen (12/26) On Time Warps and Missing Feasts - A Critique of the Puzzling Cycle of Christmas Feast⁹ Christmas Day

• In his last diocese, Bishop Hicks' chancellor TRIED to marry another man! (Catholic365, 12/24/25)

• New York governor signs new law to protect abortionists, child gender mutilators (LifeSite, 12/23/25)

 

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Christmas (& the Holy Family)

 "There was a wedding at Cana in Galilee"
Baptism of the Lord (1/9)
Epiphany: The 12th Day of Christmas (1/8)

St John Neumann (1/5)

St Elizabeth Ann Seton (1/4)

Mary, the Mother of God (1/1)

St Thomas Becket (12/29)

Feast of the Holy Family (sign/voice)

The Family, The Family & Society

(homily by the late Dcn Manny Garcia)

The Holy Innocents (12/28)

St Stephen (12/26)

Christmas Day (Sign/Voice)

• [NJ:] Say NO to S1188—Keep Parents in the Conversation! (NJ Family Policy Center)

• As per the Pa Pro Life Federation: "the Pennsylvania House...has passed House Bill1957, the Abortion Amendment, by a vote of 102-101....We must stop this dangerous bill in the Pennsylvania Senate. To send an immediate message to your state Senator, click here (https://www.votervoice.net/PPLF/Campaigns/132243/Respond ).  For the sake of mothers and babies throughout Pennsylvania, please urge your state Senator to vote No on HB 1957!

• The Pope's New Year's Meeting & the Fate of the Latin Mass (Prayerful Posse, 12/19/25)

• Pope Leo’s China Dilemma (Paul P. Mariani, SJ, 12/19/25) 
• Faith Betrayed: The Vatican’s Silence on China and the Fate of Jimmy Lai (Crisis Magazine, 12/17/25)
• The Next Pope Needs a Better China Policy (Nina Shea, 5/2/25)

• re: New York State Bishops' Statement on Governor Hochul's Plan To Sign Assisted Suicide Bill....(Catholic365, 12/18/25)

• Rescheduling Marijuana Throws Americans Under the Cannabis! (Eagle Forum, 12/18/25)

• Nigeria’s Christians Are Caught in a Tide of Jihadi Violence (The Epoch Times, 12/17/25 update)

• re: "Being Charlie" (Catholic365, 12/17/25)

• When the Vicar of Christ Joins the Media Scrum (Edward Pentin, 12/16/25) 

• "Catholic teaching holds that marriage is for life. Yet 28 percent of U.S. Catholics divorce....annulments have come to be viewed as entitlements....Catholic spouses striving to honor their vows find little support from a church that seems to have adopted a U.S. divorce culture mentality" (The Federalist, 12/15/25).

• Attacks on the Sacred and a Kinky Vatican Official? (Prayerful Posse, 12/12/25)

• The High Price of “Harmless” Fun (The American TFP, 12/12/25)

• Trump.to Create Sanctions Plan for Nigeria, Congressman [Chris Smith] Says (National Catholic Register, 12/10/25)

• The Truth and Meaning of Human Sexuality - a Masterpiece [from 12/8/95] (CatholicStand, 12/10/25)
• Why the left wants sex education in schools (Voice of the Family, 11/26/95)

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4th Sunday of Advent, 12/21

"the virgin shall conceive, and bear a Son, and shall name Him Emmanuel"

(sign/voice; signed homily)

3rd Sunday of Advent, 12/14

Our Lady of Guadalupe, Dec 12

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• As per a 12/14/25 email alert from NJ Stands Up, we should oppose A4381: "Call and email the members of the Assembly State and Local Government Committee.  The Committee will hear the bill on Monday, Decemebr 15th at 1:00 pm.  

   

  Robert J. Karabinchak, Chair, (732) 548-1406, asmkarabinchak@njleg.org

  Lisa Swain, Vice-Chair, (201) 576-9199, aswswain@njleg.org

  Mitchelle Drulis, (908) 968-4329, aswdrulis@njleg.org

  Tennille R. McCoy, (609) 631-0198, aswmccoy@njleg.org

  Alexander Schnall, (848) 245-9486, asmschnall@njleg.org

  Erik K. Simonsen, (609) 778-2012, asmsimonsen@njleg.org

  Claire S. Swift, (609) 677-8266, aswswift@njleg.org

  When you contact the legislators:

  • Ask them to VOTE NO on A4381.  
  • Tell them that schools should not be in the business of health provider or decider.  Ask them to protect children and protect parental rights."

• 16 dead after father and son open fire on Australian beach in Jewish attack (Fox News, 12/14/25)

• Brown University mass shooting leaves multiple dead, several wounded (Live Updates from Fox News Digital, 12/14/25)

• Same Sex Marriage and the European Bishops (John Grondelski, PhD, 12/12/25)

• Rescheduling Pot Throws US under the Cannabis! (EagleForum, 12/12/25)

• Trump to Create Sanctions Plan for Nigeria, Congressman [Chris Smith] Says (National Catholic Register, 12/10/25)

• Advent: Time to Take Out the Trash! (Fr. Robert McTeigue, S.J., 12/10/25)

• The Question You're Not Allowed To Ask (Dr. Morse Responds to Milo, 12/10/25)

• The Truth and Meaning of Human Sexuality - a Masterpiece [from 12/8/95] (CatholicStand, 12/10/25)
• Why the left wants sex education in schools (Voice of the Family, 11/26/95)

• A marriage gap is growing
  - and it could spell disaster
  The "war on boys” could be resulting in some women shunning marriage
  (Washington Post, 12/9/25)

• Trump Honors Mary’s ‘Freedom From Original Sin’ in Immaculate Conception Message (National Catholic Register, 12/8/25)

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3rd Sunday of Advent, 12/14

"The fatherless & the widow He sustains,
but the way of the wicked He thwarts"

 

Sign/Voice

(Yes, the wrong color is shown.)

Signed Homily

Feast of Our Lady of Guadalupe, December 12

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Feast of the Immaculate Conception, December 8

Ineffabilis Deus: The Immaculate Conception (12/8/1854)

The Immaculate Conception & Other Conceptions

 

• How Traditional Catholics became the kingmakers of the American Right (CatholicHerald, 12/6/25)

• Raking In Hundreds Of Millions For Trafficking Kids Destroys U.S. Catholic Bishops’ Credibility On Immigration.(Federalist, 12/5/25)

• AFRICA/NIGERIA - Priest kidnapped in Kaduna State (Agenzia Fides, 12/4/25)

• WEAPONIZATION EXPOSED: Justice Thomas Corners New Jersey AG’s Counsel — Confirms Subpoena for Pro-Life Donors Issued Even Though NO ONE Complained (The Gateway Pundit, 12/3/25)

• Underselling Confession (Crisis Magazine, 12/2/25)

• Hey Father Frank, "Don't you read the newspaper?" (Catholic365, 12/2/25)

• Rome's Failure to Correct Germany's Bishops has Emboldened Their Pro-LGBT Agenda (Edward Pentin substack, 12/1/25)
• Roman Hierarchy Should Discipline NYC Church For Confirming Unrepentant Gay TV Anchor (The Federalist, 12/1/25)

• Our Friend Paul Badde and the Volto Sancto (Rest in Peace, my friend) (Defenders of the Catholic Faith, 12/1/25)
• The Mysterious Holy Veil of Manoppello (CatholicExchange, 2/16/23)
• Love letters from Christ (Amazon customer review, 4/24/15)
• The Holy Face of Manoppello relic (World Over, 7/3/14)

• Why they hate the Latin Mass (Janet Smith, 11/30/25)

• A Solution to Campus Extremism (WSJ, 11/30/25)

• The Truth and Meaning of Human Sexuality - a Masterpiece from 12/8/95 (CatholicStand)
• Why the left wants sex education in schools (Voice of the Family, 11/26/95)

• ERDs - perpetuating DISinformation (Catholic365, 11/25/25)

• The Decline in Marriage and Childbearing Among Liberal Young Adults (Institute for Family Studies, 11/24/25)

• A Catholic Approach to Immigration (Kelsey Reinhardt, 11/17/25)

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2nd Sunday of Advent

Our Lady of Guadalupe, December 12
The Immaculate Conception, December 8
Ineffabilis Deus

(SIGN/VOICE)

from the 1st reading: 

"the wolf shall be a guest of the lamb" 

from the Gospel:

 "John the Baptist appeared, 
preaching in the desert of Judea 

 & saying, 'Repent, for the kingdom
of heaven is at hand!'.... 

 I am baptizing you with water
[in the Jordan River]...for repentance,

but the One who is coming after me 

 is mightier than I."

News

• Catholic Bishops Issue Call to Action in Nigeria (RCP, 11/27/25) 

• The Truth and Meaning of Human Sexuality - a Masterpiece from 12/8/95 (CatholicStand)
• Why the left wants sex education in schools (Voice of the Family, 11/26/95)

• ERDs - perpetuating DISinformation (Catholic365, 11/25/25)
• Re: Induced Pluripotent Stem [NCBC & HLI] (Catholic365, 11/21/25) 
• Induced Pluripotent Stem Cells - A Bridge Too Far (Catholic365, 11/16/25)

• The Decline in Marriage and Childbearing Among Liberal Young Adults (Institute for Family Studies, 11/24/25)
  

• Pope Leo XIV Warned Against False Mercy in Annulments (Mary's Advocates, 11/24/25)

• A Catholic Approach to Immigration (Kelsey Reinhardt, 11/17/25)

• Bishop Strickland CALLS OUT the real Scandal among Catholic Bishops! (11/17/25)

• "You Are Welcoming Sin": Young Traditional Catholic Publicly Confronts Sin-Affirming Priest (RadicalFidelity, 11/18/25)

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First Sunday of Advent

St. Francis Xavier & "Silence " (12/3)

Feast of Saint Andrew, Apostle 

(sign/voice, signed homily)

 The Catholic Origins of Thanksgiving

Christ the King (sign/voice)

The Presentation of the BVM

• ERDs - perpetuaing DISinformation (Catholic365, 11/25/25)

• "Cardinal Sarah will celebrate 4:30 p.m. Mass Nov. 23 in the university chapel. After Mass, Cardinal Sarah will lead Princeton students and community members in a Eucharistic procession throughout campus for the Solemnity of Our Lord Jesus Christ, King of the Universe" (Trenton Monitor).

• Nigeria Catholic School: OLA Sisters call for global prayers for 315 abducted students, staff (Vatican News, 11/22/25)

• Re: Induced Pluripotent Stem Cells [NCBC & HLI] (Catholic365, 11/21/25) 

• Induced Pluripotent Stem Cells - A Bridge Too Far (Catholic365, 11/16/25)

• A Catholic Approach to Immigration (Kelsey Reinhardt, 11/17/25)

• Bishop Strickland CALLS OUT the real Scandal among Catholic Bishops! (11/17/25)

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Viva Cristo Rey! (11/23/25)

Christ the King
 (sign/voice)

33rd Sunday of Ordinary Time
 (sign/voice) (11/16/25)

, 

• Induced Pluripotent Stem Cells - A Bridge Too Far (Catholic365, 11/16/25)

• Ethical & Religious Directives for Catholic Health Care Services and "Transgenderism" (Catholic365, 11/14/25)

• Secretary of Dicastery on Sacraments, a Heretic? (Mary's Advocates, 11/14/25)

• Catholic group demands USCCB stop funding LGBT groups pushing abortion, trans surgeries (ChristianPost, 11/13/25)
• Catholic Bishops Give Nearly $1 Million to Group Running Two Pro-Abortion, Pro-Trans Proxies (Lepanto Institute, 11/7/25)

• Almsgiving, Works of Mercy, & Redi[s]tribution (Catholic Stand, 11/8/25)

• USCCB Needs To Stop Apologizing For Islam (Federalist, 10/31/25)
• re: Islamophobia: A Guide for U.S. Catholics on Anti-Muslim Bigotry (USCCB, 2025) (Catholic365, 9/20/25)

• Open letter for Pope Leo to rescind same-sex blessings, Amoris Laetitia (Michael Haynes, 9/18/25)
• Your Holiness, What are You Waiting For (Catholic365, 5/26/25)

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