Dear Brothers and Sisters in Christ, 

You know what I don’t like about Advent? It goes by too fast! It is a time  for restfulness in the Lord, contemplating the many centuries of waiting  and anticipation, listening to beautiful  hymns and poetry and then…..its  over. And so we do our very best to try and seize  the joyful sobriety of the season by imitation of the  one who said yes to get salvation rolling. Monday,  December 8th, is the Solemnity of the Immaculate  Conception of the Blessed Virgin Mary, not only a  Holy Day of Obligation no matter which day of the  week it falls, but also the patron feast day of the United States of America so designated by the bishops  of our nation. How very privileged we are to claim  our Lady as our special protector and we due Her  honor by our participating at Holy Mass on Monday  and asking especially for Her children in this great  land. Things have been very unsettling for us these days with all kinds of divisive factors and violent and  deadly reactions. We beg our Mother to touch the  hearts of believers and nonbelievers alike to come  together and form that more perfect union foreseen  by the founders of this nation. 

Mary, Herself was that perfect union of Her will with  God’s will and because of that She was and is the  epitome of peace. Let us take a lesson then from our  Mother and seek always to conform our wills to His  then assuredly peace will reign. 

Finally may I commend all those who in any way participated in donating ,preparing and distributing in our  St. Vincent de Paul Thanksgiving Day give-away. About  50 turkeys and all the accompanying sides were given  to those in need and over 120 prepared meals were  sent out to home bound and to pick-ups.. What a  wonderful testimony to the kindness and generosity  of our parishioners in caring for those in need. 

With Blessings, 

Father Langan