Holy Infant Catholic Church
Father Michaels Christmas Message 2025
My dear brothers and sisters in Christ, Merry Christmas to you all and welcome to the celebration of Christmas for the year 2025. We spent four weeks preparing to celebrate the birth of Jesus. The people of the time thought of Him as a political messiah, but His mission was saving mankind from sin and evil. The prophet Isiah spoke of the messiah with origins from the line of King David.
Christmas is a time of joy as it dawns our hope for salvation that Jesus accomplished on Good Friday. The birth of John the Baptist brought great joy and rejoicing to Elizabeth and Zechariah. The birth of Jesus equally brought great joy to the angels and shepherds as well as the three kings or wisemen. For us celebrating Christmas this year, our joy should radiate from opening the doors of our hearts for Jesus to find a dwelling and home.
The Holy Family Sunday will be celebrated next Sunday, December 28, 2025. This will also conclude the celebration of the Holy Year of grace. Let us be thankful to God for all the graces and spiritual strides we have been able to make in this Holy year. Let us continue to center our life and families on Christ as Mary and Joseph centered their life on Jesus.
To all our brothers and sisters in ill health and those grieving the loss of their loved ones, may you find comfort and hope in Jesus and the Holy Family.
I wish to thank you for your generous contributions to support the budget and programs at our respective Churches of Holy Infant and Shepherd of the Hills. I am deeply thankful to the Finance and Pastoral Councils for the Leadership roles coupled with generous use of talent and time.
I wish to extend my heartfelt gratitude to the choir members who are always there to make our Liturgy beautiful and lively. Thank you for the Christmas carols sung on Christmas Eve.
December is a special month for me as I celebrated my birthday on December 16th and my Ordination Anniversary on December 19th. Thank you so much for the lovely greetings and wishes for Christmas as well. May you all be blessed at Christmas and the coming year 2026.
Please, pray for me as I go for my vacation. I will be leaving on December 29th returning on February 3rd, 2026. Fr. Dan Hesko will be taking care of the weekend Masses.
Merry Christmas and Happy New Year 2026 and God bless.