Transfiguration of Our Lord Parish

"Beloved, now is the acceptable time spoken of by the Spirit, the day of salvation, peace and reconciliation – the great season of Advent.   This is the time eagerly awaited by the patriarchs and prophets, the time that holy Simeon rejoiced at last to see.   This is the season that the Church has always celebrated with special solemnity.   We too should always observe it with faith and love, offering praise and thanksgiving to the Father, for the mercy and love He has shown us in this mystery. In His infinite love for us, though we were sinners, He sent His only Son, to free us from the tyranny of Satan, to summon us to heaven, to welcome us into its innermost recesses, to show us truth itself, to train us in right conduct, to plant within us the seeds of virtue, to enrich us with the treasures of His grace and to make us children of God and heirs of eternal life."
- Saint Charles Borromeo (1538-1584)

• Advent is a time to prepare our hearts and minds as we await the coming of Our Savior Jesus Christ. It is meant to be a somber time of anticipation, penance and prayer. Leading up to Christmas it is as though we have a restrained joy that grows all the more with each passing day. Please consider reciting the St. Andrew Christmas Novena to experience a deeper conversion as we prepare for His coming. It is customary to pray this Novena 15 times a day from the Feast of St. Andrew the Apostle, (November 30th) until Christmas Eve. You can also begin this devotion on December 16th:

Hail and blessed be the hour and moment in which the Son of God was born of the most pure Virgin Mary at midnight, in Bethlehem, in the piercing cold. In that hour, vouchsafe, I beseech Thee, O my God, to hear my prayer and grant my desires.

Make your requests known: _______________Through the merits of our Savior Jesus Christ and of His Blessed Mother. Amen.