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As we come to the close of 2024, let’s count our blessings. If you had a great year, you will probably find it easy to joyfully count your blessings and thank God for them. If you had a rough year, you may find it difficult to count your blessings and maybe more difficult to thank God for anything. And for some of you, maybe the only blessing you can think of is that the year is almost over! Somebody thank God for that!

This verse from the Christmas Mass at Night sums up the blessings God has showered upon IHM in 2024. “The grace of God has appeared” in our midst in countless ways thanks to so many people sharing their gifts with our parish family.

It’s Gaudete Sunday, from the Latin word which means “rejoice.” We are called to rejoice because we are more than halfway through our Advent journey—just ten more days until Christmas! St. Paul encourages us, “Rejoice in the Lord always… The Lord is near” (Philippians 4: 4-5). For this reason, we light the rose candle and wear rose vestments. But do you feel like rejoicing today?

Join us for an Novena top prepare for the Birth of Jesus on Christmas starting December 16th and finishing on December 24th. Most days we will pray the novena at 6:30pm (Dec 21 @ 5:15pm, Dec 24 @ 10:30pm). Each night will consist of adoration and the novena prayer.

s we journey through Advent, it seems that there is more and more to do even as the days are getting shorter and shorter. Would you like an opportunity to calm down and prayerfully prepare for Christmas? If you take a moment to recollect, might you discover a special intention you have for this coming Christmas, for yourself or for someone else?

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