Rituals & Preparation - Homily on 12-22-24 (BONUS)

We are pleased to welcome Fr. John Haugen back to another Emmaus Pastorate parish this weekend!  We're glad he's getting back into a routine, and we look forward to celebrating the Mass and sacraments with him in the coming weeks as he feels able!

Rituals help define and shape our lives.  From washing the floor before company arrives to polishing shoes before Mass on Saturday nights, rituals abound in our lives, even ones we maybe don't recognize.  So as we prepare for Christmas later this week, what rituals are you performing?  How are you preparing for Christ's coming?  Hopefully you've been doing a little prep work here and there throughout Advent, but if you're a procrastinator, that's OK too!  Let's prepare our hearts, our minds, and our souls - not for something that already happened thousands of years ago but - for something that should happen everyday of our lives!