My favorite masses of the year are Christmas Eve and Easter. We celebrated our first Christmas Eve Mass at St. Mary Magdelene's at 4pm. After speaking with some friends, we were warned about how crowded the Mass would be. So, we arrived at 3pm, with all the boys decked out in their suits, and took our seats. I had brought some books and a notebook for Jacob to draw in. By 3:30pm, the church was standing room only, and even then, most of those spots were taken too. It was such a joyous thing to see!!!! I couldn't help but pray to God that our church would look like this every week; now wouldn't that be something?! The 4pm mass was the children's mass, so it was fun to see all the kids dressed up and hear the children's choir. The boys did surprisingly well despite sitting for 2 1/2 hours. Caleb slept through most of it and Noah charmed the teenage girls in front of us.
Christmas means so much more after 5 weeks of Advent to prepare for Christ's birth. There are such wonderful books that help to quiet the noise of the world and focus on Jesus and what His birth means to us, 2000 years later. I have grown to appreciate anything written by Rev Fulton Sheen and Pope John Paul II. Both of them have such beautiful insight and message of God's love for all! Merry Christmas and may God bless you abundantly in the year to come!
The boys were so proud they were dressed up like Daddy!
Merry Christmas
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