"When you remain in Christ, you speak differently. You see the world differently. ... Sometimes when we are not close to Christ we start making different kinds of decisions.(from Fr. Daniel's homily)

Scripture Reference:1 John 2:22-28

"... When we come to remember the first of January, ... encased in our New Year's resolutions is the basic belief that we can change, we can start over, we can begin again. ... We live with the decisions we have made and with the things that have happened to us and at the same time it causes us to look to the future cause a new year reminds us that there is new hope, a new life, a new chance to begin again. ... Today we celebrate the Feast Day of Mary, the Mother of God. We listen to the scriptures say that she watched all these things happening to her and she reflected on them in her heart."

(from Fr. Daniel's homily)

Scripture Reference:Luke 2:16-20.

"We believe Christ came into the world, therefore He blesses the world. ... the family [is] sacred because He entered into the family. Suffering is sacred because Christ took on suffering. ... All we experience in this life is graced by God." (from Fr. Daniel's 2014 homily)

Scripture Reference: 1 John 2:12-17.

Anna and Simeon [in today's Gospel] are patron Saints of people who come to Mass and pray day and night for things. ... There are people whom God seems to send that keep a level of spirituality in the parish." (from Fr. Daniel's homily)

Scripture Reference:Luke 2:36-40

"On the Feast of the Holy Family take time after Christmas to recognize the importance of family in the life of a human being. It's the place of such grace and comfort and love and care while at the same time the deepest hurts, the pains, the sorrow, the terrible things that are said to each other in families. ... Today as we celebrate the Feast of the Holy Family we celebrate how God chose to enter into our time and space through the family. ... It is the family where God chose where we find what we need to deal with the world that is set before us." (from Fr. Daniel's homily)

Scripture References: Colossians 3:12-21 and Matthew 2:13-15; 19-23.

"Two things to remember today: One is that we pray for the crimes against the innocent, the young especially. ... Pray for the protection and the care of our young. ... The second thing is that we pray for the innocent who pay the price the evil in the world." (from Fr. Daniel's homily)

Scripture Reference:Matthew 2:13-18.

"In the Gospel of John, it shows that John ... who's younger ran to the tomb first,but he doesn't go in. ... because Peter went in first. ... After Peter goes in ... he was kind of trying to figure it out but it says that John went in, he saw and he believed immediately. ... As we continue our celebration of Christmas [let us] ask for that gift of faith." (from Fr. Daniel's homily)

Scripture Reference:John 20:1A and 2-8.

Listen to Fr. Daniel share a story about faith and the true meaning of Christmas.

"Today is Christmas morning and we hear again the story of Mary and Joseph and the angels and shepherds. ... We see a couple who walked with the Lord into the future, knowing that they walked with God who would be there with them to face whatever might come their way. They just needed to be faithful. ... When you hang in there, walk into the unknown, remain faithful to God and God's ways and are open to how He can act, watching for the signs that God, who promised to be with you would not leave you." (from Fr. Daniel's homily)

Scripture Reference: Luke 2:15-20

"God does not follow the specific rules that sometimes we set up for ourselves, or our expectations. ... That's why in Luke's Gospel the people are constantly amazed at what is happening." (from Fr. Daniel's 2016 homily)

Scripture Reference: Luke 1:57-66