Solemnity of Mary, Mother of God

  We set Our Lady's altar and  then headed off as a family for confessions to end 2011 and enter 2012 filled with forgiveness and grace.   The neighbors have already launched a Chinese lantern and sent it off into space to celebrate the years end. I'll post the  video as soon an it can be uploaded.   My husband Steve and I are heading for Holy Hour at our local parish and then we'll stay for Midnight Mass, the same way we have ended each year together as a married couple.    We will join the rest  of the family here with the neighbors for a bonfire and s'mores, skits and jokes then up again early in the morning to ring in the year celebrating Holy  Mass as a family in the morning. 

Holy Mary, Mother of God, pray for us!

Holiday Hostage Crisis

Having attended Midnight Mass with the local Carmelite community and then Novus Order at 10:30 am on Christmas Day with our local parish, some family members went on to sing in the choir and play the organ for the Mission San Fernando, by the end of the day we were all well fed on Christmas dinner and found ourselves missing some of the family members far away from home. Christmas games and skits are the family tradition at our house and you-tube helps take it to a new level and share it with the family members who cannot be with us this Christmas. A holiday greeting was certainly order.  Merry Christmas!