Listen to the homily here.
Notes:
Notes:
Merry, merry, merry Christmas!
To all of our parishioners, families, relatives,
friends, neighbors and those in our community
·
Praise God
that we gather in God’s house
·
Praise God
that we gather in God’s family
·
Imagine how many people around the whole world are
with God
·
As this night began with a
few people
o
Mary, Joseph, shepherds, 3
kings, animals
o
Later apostles, disciples,
followers
·
2,000 years later, we have 2.2 billion Christian around the world
(1.2 billion Catholics)
o
Biggest religion in the whole
world
·
Jesus Christ is unique compared to every big
members in history:
o
Greek or Roman gods or goddesses (spiritual, mythology)
o
Buddha, Mohammad as just humans (persons but not God)
·
Christmas shows Jesus Christ
who was a God that was born a human
o
This is the core of our Christianity
o
He is the only leader in any
religion
around the planet…the only one
“Behold,
the virgin shall conceive and bear a son, and they shall name him Emmanuel, which
means ‘God is with us.’”
· Isaiah and Matthew
· Emmanuel:
“God is with us”
· God is with us
· God is always with us
o Not in the sky, not far away, not
playing with a lens to burn an ant hill
· He is love, mercy and compassion
· This is His house
· You are always welcome in His house
here
Finally, our little ones
love the gifts in Christmas
·
And I have said this before and will say it again…if they make
it to Mass for Christmas, I hope they
will receive a great gift
·
But is there not a deeper
gift?…the greatest gift…the essential gift in our lives: Jesus Christ?
How
should you live your lives for Jesus Christ?
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