‘Weekly Post. Anno Domini 2023 December 23

Beloved of the Lord:

Today is Saturday, 23 December, in the waning days of the year of our Lord 2023. The scheduled services are as-follows:

• Sunday (tomorrow): 10:00 AM, ONE MORNING MASS ONLY, Vigil of Christ Mass, Commemorate Advent IV.
  11:00 PM, Midnight Mass of Christ Mass.
• Monday: 10:00 AM, Mass for Christ Mass Day.
• Tuesday: 6:30 PM, Mass, S. Stephen, Proto-Deacon & Proto-Martyr.
• Wednesday: 12:10 PM, Mass, S. John Evangelist.
• Thursday: 6:30 PM, Mass, The Holy Innocents.
• Friday: 9:00 AM, Mass, Thomas of Canterbury, Bishop & Martyr, with the Gregorian Canon.
  Immediately following, Adoration of the Blessed Sacrament.
• Saturday: 5:00 PM, Mass, Of the Octave of the Nativity.
• Sunday: 8:30 & 10:00 AM, Mass, Sunday within the Octave of the Nativity.

The only changes to the Kalendar occur tomorrow, Sunday, The Vigil of Christ Mass. There will be one morning Mass, at 10:00 AM. After that Mass, we will decorate the Parish for the Christ Mass Season. At 11:00 PM, we will offer the Midnight Mass of Christ Mass.

Monday morning, at the same time assigned to Mondays as-always (10:00 AM), we will celebrate Christ Mass Day. From this point forward, the service schedule will be as-normal.

Tomorrow night, that great Light, the Light of all lights, the Light of the World, will come to us. It is perfect ~ it will light not only our path, but will illuminate our hearts and minds, our very souls, as-well. ALWAYS look towards the light. All truth, all wisdom, all needful things are to be found there, and nowhere else. Christ Jesus come to us, and with the brilliance that is thy very nature, show us the Way. In thy most holy and sacred Name, we pray. Amen.

in His praise,

The Rev'd Canon. T. L. Crowder

Pastor, Saint Matthew's Parish