Tragedy in Advance of the Feast of the Holy Family

• Nigeria: Over 140 people killed in Christmas Eve attacks on remote villages (Vatican News, 12/27/23)
• Nigerian bishop describes persecution and killings of Catholics: ‘It has become a daily occurrence’ (CNA, 6/19/23)

• Protestant theologian, Catholic layman, and priest respond to Fiducia Supplicans (Catholic World Report, 12/21/2023)

Holy Family / Solemnity of the BVM

Homily of the late Deacon Manny Garcia (RIP):

Feast of the Holy Family of Jesus, Mary and Joseph (sign/voice)

2202 A man and a woman united in marriage, together with their children, form a family. This institution is prior to any recognition by public authority, which has an obligation to recognize it. It should be considered the normal reference point by which the different forms of family relationship are to be evaluated. (Catechism of the Catholic Church).

1613 On the threshold of his public life Jesus performs his first sign - at his mother's request - during a wedding feast [See John 2: 1-11].  The Church attaches great importance to Jesus' presence at the wedding at Cana. She sees in it the confirmation of the goodness of marriage and the proclamation that thenceforth marriage will be an efficacious sign of Christ's presence. (Catechism of the Catholic Church).

• The Cost of “Making a Mess” (Archbishop Charles J. Chaput, 12/22/23) 

• Nigerian Bishops: ‘No Possibility in the Church of Blessing Same-Sex Unions’ (CatholicVote org, 12/21/23)

Solemnity of the Mother of God (sign/voice, 1, 2, 3)

Solemnity of the BVM,  Mother of God,, Octave of Christmas

St John Neumann  (1/5) St Elizabeth Ann Seton  (1/4) St Thomas Becket  (12/29) The Holy Innocents  (12/28) St Stephen  (12/26)

4th Sunday of Advent/Christmas

(Sign/Voice)

(O Holy Night)

The Shepherd's Field

Bethlehem

(more from Bethlehem 2017)

THE NATIVITY OF THE LORD (CHRISTMAS) - MASS DURING THE DAY (Sign/Voice)

• Our Lady of Fatima – Her Prophecies and Warnings Remain as Essential as Ever! (Msgr Charles Pope, 12/15/23) 

• Human Rights Leaders Call for Nigeria to be Redesignated as Religious Freedom Violator (National Catholic Register, 12/14/23)
• Catholics Ask: Is the Vatican Covering Up for Islamic Radicalism? (The Stream, 12/14/23)

• The Murder of a Marriage (Mary's Advocates, 12/14/23)

• The REAL miracle of Our Lady of Guadalupe (Catholic Culture, 12/12/23)

• What Attracts Homosexuals to the Priesthood? (Crisis Magazine, 12/12/23)

• Bukonavic for President

URGENT Action to defeat NJ S2918

Take Action Now to Stop Expanded Abortion Access (NJ Catholic Conference)

3rd Sunday of Advent: "the voice of one crying out in the desert, ‘make straight the way of the Lord’"

(Sign/Voice)

Advertisers in Parish Bulletins:
A Reflection for the Feast of Our Lady of Guadalupe 

• EVERYONE'S OPINIONS WANTED (except for your own, of course) (Catholic Stand, 12/11/23)

• No Menorahs, Please (Wall Street Journal, 12/10/23)

• "You have no enemies, you say?... You’ve never turned the wrong to right, you’ve been a coward in the fight."

Oppose Pa House Bill 1888

From: Maria <Gallagher@paprolife.org>
Date: Wed, Dec 6, 2023 at 4:20 PM
Subject: Contact your state Rep now to stop this dangerous abortion bill
To: <gallagher@paprolife.org>

Dear Pro-Life Leaders,

We have just learned that pro-abortion Democrats are likely trying to ram through a Constitutional Amendment in the PA House, similar to what was passed in Ohio.

We need you to act now!

Please send an immediate message to your state Representative and state Senator urging them to oppose House Bill 1888, the pro-abortion Constitutional Amendment. You can send an immediate message to your lawmakers by clicking here  (https://oneclickpolitics.global.ssl.fastly.net/messages/edit?promo_id=18546 ).

Please share this email with all appropriate lists.

Please share the link on your social media.

I will be in touch!

Take care,

Maria V. Gallagher

Legislative Director

Pennsylvania Pro-Life Federation

www.paprolife.org

717-541-0034

Take Action: Biden's Proposed Rule Will Drive Christians from Foster Care (AFA, 12/6/23)

As per today's correspondence from the American Family Association, 

The Biden administration is proposing yet another rule that directly targets the Christian faith.

 

The rule, the euphemistically-named “Safe and Appropriate Foster Care Placement Requirements,” will require foster parents to “utilize the child’s identified pronouns, chosen name, and allow the child to dress in an age-appropriate manner that the child believes reflects their self-identified gender identity and expression.”

 

Those who do not “affirm” the LGBTQ rules because of their Christian faith will be deemed “unsafe” by the Biden administration and ultimately rejected as foster parent candidates.

 

In response to the proposed rule, attorneys general from 19 states have written a letter, [NOT signed by NJ or Pa's attorney general] urging the Biden administration to reverse course because it would effectively disqualify Christian families from serving as foster parents, putting an additional strain on an already over-burdened foster care system nationwide.

Use this link to contact your attorney general: 

https://www.votervoice.net/mobile/AFA/Campaigns/109445/Respond

2nd Sunday of Advent, "One mightier than I is coming after me."

 NOT a Dark Knight, December 14

Advertisers in Parish Bulletins:
A Reflection for the Feast of Our Lady of Guadalupe

(Sign/Voice)

The Immaculate Conception & Other Conceptions

• Putin, Desperate To Reverse Russia’s Demographic Collapse, Moves To Restrict Abortions and Pardon Female Inmates Who Conceive During Marital Visits (The New York Sun, 12/1/23)

• Joan Andrews Bell’s husband shares updates on imprisoned wife: ‘Spirits are very strong’ (LifeSite, 11/30/23)

• BREAKING: Henry Kissinger, architect of population control, dies aged 100 (LifeSite, 11/30/23)

• Can I Trust Hallow?  - The Voice of Liam Neeson and the Voice Heard in Ramah (SpiritualDirection.com, 11/30/23)

• That They Might Have Life (Archdiocese of Denver, 11/10/23)

• The Two-Parent Privilege is both quite insightful and very lacking (John Grondelski, PhD, 11/9/23)

•  "The big problem among diocesan clergy today that separates one priest from another is sexual orientation. When only straight priests were ordained in the past, a priest did not have to worry about another priest hitting on him. In a similar vein, in the past, straight priests did not have to worry about gay clerics being openly hostile to them simply because they were straight" (Rev Paul Kalchik, 11/9/23)
• Response to Cardinal Dolan on Gay Rights Group in St. Patrick’s Parade (Hon. Marshall, 2015)