Merry Christmas to all of my friends

My sincerest wishes to all of my friends for a happy and peaceful Christmas - Christmas is a special time for all - but sometimes it comes and goes too quickly - so I hope that the love that you exchange with your family and friends last throughout the whole year. This will be a most interesting year in my life - so I ask for your prayers - I promise to keep each of you in my prayers and Masses this Christmas Day and everyday of this year.

Father Bill Muench

Father Bill says...Second Sunday of Advent

On the Second Sunday of Advent - the patron saint is St. John the Baptist - who call us to repentance - in his day he was truly a street preacher - who challenged the people to make a decision - a decision to change their lives - as a sign of this decision they accepted Baptism in the Jordan River at the hands of John the Baptist - each one of us is called to the same conversion of life this Advent so that we will be ready to celebrate the birth of Our Savior this Christmas - our gift to the Lord - our Christmas present to Jesus - our readiness to live in his Spirit - to bring his love and peace to our world - as we long to make our community and world a place of harmony and peace - just as the prophet Isaiah foresees - as he looks ahead using language that we have incorporated into our Christmas cards -

"the wolf shall be the guest of the lamb,

and the leopard shall lie down with the kid,

the calf and the young lion shall browse together

with a little child to guide them."