{"id":24556,"date":"2022-12-22T12:48:49","date_gmt":"2022-12-22T17:48:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.holytrinityweb.com\/weekly\/?p=24556"},"modified":"2022-12-30T20:40:44","modified_gmt":"2022-12-31T01:40:44","slug":"the-12-years-of-christmas","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.holytrinityweb.com\/weekly\/the-12-years-of-christmas\/","title":{"rendered":"The 12 Years of Christmas"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large wpimg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"627\" src=\"https:\/\/www.holytrinityweb.com\/weekly\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/w_Adoration_of_the_Shepherds_1622-1024x627.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-24558\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.holytrinityweb.com\/weekly\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/w_Adoration_of_the_Shepherds_1622-1024x627.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.holytrinityweb.com\/weekly\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/w_Adoration_of_the_Shepherds_1622-300x184.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.holytrinityweb.com\/weekly\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/w_Adoration_of_the_Shepherds_1622-768x470.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.holytrinityweb.com\/weekly\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/w_Adoration_of_the_Shepherds_1622-500x306.jpg 500w, https:\/\/www.holytrinityweb.com\/weekly\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/w_Adoration_of_the_Shepherds_1622-800x490.jpg 800w, https:\/\/www.holytrinityweb.com\/weekly\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/w_Adoration_of_the_Shepherds_1622-624x382.jpg 624w, https:\/\/www.holytrinityweb.com\/weekly\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/w_Adoration_of_the_Shepherds_1622.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Dear Friends,<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>That old Christmas carol, \u201cThe Twelve Days of Christmas\u201d, has a special meaning this year for it\u2019s been 12 years of Christmases for me here at Holy Trinity Parish. I look back on all the events you and I have celebrated, worked on, suffered with, put up with, and laughed and cried through.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Perhaps some numbers will illustrate what this past decade has brought to this parish. Starting July 1, 2011 and going to this Christmas Day, Holy Trinity Parish has:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"xmas wp-block-list\"><li>Baptized 533 children and adults. <\/li><li>Confirmed 331 teens<\/li><li>Married 114 couples<\/li><li>Buried 509 parishioners<\/li><li>Welcomed 66 adults into the Catholic Faith<\/li><li>Renewed the interior of the church.<\/li><li>Replaced the church roof and many other unseen projects.<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:30px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>All this, while enduring a world\u0016wide pandemic, 2 years of social distancing and masking, the at- tempted over throw of a presidential election, a war in Ukraine causing food shortages and millions of refugees.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>So here we are, Christmas 2022. Have you changed over these years? Of course you have! Our children have become young men and women (no longer cuddling on the couch).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Parents, you\u2019ve had to develop different skills to help these young adults. Spouses, your love for each other has had to dig deep to find the fountain of love that still flows but in a quieter, more powerful way.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Perhaps you\u2019ve lost a parent, spouse, child, friend or mentor. Your love misses them. What will life be without them? Of course we\u2019ve changed. The stream of life carries us on.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>But some things don\u2019t change. You are the same person your parents held in their arms. You have the name they gave you at birth. You still look for love and give it to others. You are and always will be a Child of God.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>God had a great idea one day. He made you. He knows your joys and sorrows. He made you with a hunger to love and be loved. This hunger was given for the purpose of drawing you to Himself who is the source of love itself.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>And just so we don\u2019t get lost wondering through all life\u2019s changes, God revealed His plan to bring us to the Kingdom of Love. It has already begun here on earth. It\u2019s tiny. It\u2019s a baby. He\u2019s sleeping in a manger. It\u2019s Jesus Christ, God\u2019s love for us in human flesh.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>A Blessed Christmas to you and all who hunger for this love.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Fr. 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I look back on all the events you and I have celebrated, worked on, suffered with, put up with, and laughed and cried through. 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