Children of God



My grandmother with baby Belia
at our Uncle Art's 50th Birthday Party

In this octave of Christmas, as we celebrate the birth of our Lord, Jesus Christ,

       my co-worker became a grandmother for the fourth time to her daughter's first child, baby Robby,

       my uncle, Fr. Art Gramaje, CMF had a 50th birthday party where a couple he married recently showed up with their 8-week old baby Belia,

       a friend of the family expecting their first child hosted a baby shower (years after a miscarriage),

       we celebrate the Feast of the Holy Family today.

This is a wonder-filled time to be reminded that we are all children of God and, as today's gospel reading says, "called to grow in wisdom and age and favor before God and man."

Will conclude this post with a Prayer Blessing of a Child in the Womb, just recently approved by the USCCB. Feel free to celebrate this blessing rite during Advent, on Mother's Day, on the Annunciation, or any other appropriate time throughout the year. May we all continue to remember to give praise and thanks for this most great gift God has given us...the gift of life and of course LOVE.

Merry Christmas!