Well, after two days of preparing the Church from the carpet to the candles and having sung First Vespers, I am able to wish you a Merry and Blessed Christmas!

I have been wanting to share some of the matter of my reading (the very little I’ve read) from the past few days, but at the moment there isn’t time.

Instead, I thought I would post some preliminary photos of the Church.

Vespers: 
  
  

Divine Liturgy:

After the Solemn High Pontifical Mass with Cardinal Burke:

My beloved home parish, Immaculate Conception Church in Omaha, NE (don’t worry, I was not bilocating):

I was trilocating…the Carmel of Jesus, Mary and Joseph in Nebraska (humor after a 23-hour day yesterday):

May you rest in the peace and the love of the Holy Family! Recall the silence in which Christ came and be at peace in this restless and forgetful world. He came because He loves you.