Monday Message, December 8, 2025

KNOW

The diocesan office is closed today. Enjoy the Holy Day.

We have cancelled the face-to-face meeting on December 11th at the request of many of you. There is simply too much happening in our lives these days.

Invites for January 24th will go out this week.

Check out all upcoming events here, especially the Confirmation Retreats.

REFLECT

Though this day isn’t about the Annunciation, it is about our Blessed Mother.

Once again, we turn to Ruth Mary Fox and her wonderful poem about this event. Let each of us commit to going “in haste” to someone in need this week. Let us bring Christ to others so they, too, may leap for joy.

Into the hillside country Mary went
Carrying Christ.
And all along the road the Christ she carried
Generously bestowed his grace on those she met.
But she had not meant to tell she carried Christ
She was content to hide his love for her.
But about her glowed such joy that into stony hearts
Love flowed
And even to the unborn John, Christ’s love was sent.

Christ, in the sacrament of love each day, dwells in my soul
A little space.
And then as I walk life’s crowded highways
Jostling men who seldom think of God
To these, I pray, that I may carry Christ
For it may be
Some may not know of him
Except through me.

Have a wonderful week.

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