The calendar tells me that we are now in ordinary time, but how my heart hates to give up the season of Christmas this year.

The Christmas season begins with the birth of Jesus in Bethlehem and then moves in a matter of weeks from the newborn Jesus to the adult thirty year old Jesus.

Today we celebrate the Epiphany of the Lord.

I am very grateful that our Church takes its time in celebrating Christmas

Much of the excitement that surrounds the Christmas season has to do with the giving and receiving of gifts.

It is so good to have the children back at school again here at Mary Immaculate.

I have just returned from the Thanksgiving holiday, and even though it was a time of good visiting with my parents, it will also go down in history as the Thanksgiving of disappointment.

Advent is a time of looking both backward and forward.

The last Sunday of every year is dedicated to Christ the King.

God gives us so many things to make sure we are on the path that leads to Him.

During the month of November, Catholics remember to pray for the faithful departed.

What we really desire is holiness. It is through living a holy life that we discover the presence of God.

October is the month of the Holy Rosary.

I just received my Catholic Stewardship information in the mail this past week, and so I am assuming that all of you received this as well.

I like to think that because God created Adam and Even and placed them in a beautiful garden called Eden, that we all have a longing to walk with God in the garden.

As we have exited the month of September and enter into the month of October, we are surrounded by the glory of Heaven as we celebrate the multitude of the heavenly hosts.

It seems to me that I have lately fallen into the habit of voicing complaints regarding life during the covid virus, life before an election, and perhaps just the state of life in general.

During this month of September, our Gospel readings have presented us over and over again with the tremendous love and mercy of God.

I encounter the cross quite frequently in my daily life.

At the time of this writing, Mary Immaculate School is beginning its second full week of being in session. It