Find Christmas Joy In A Gloomy World

Fr. Michael acknowledges that this Christmas season has been challenging due to gloomy weather and the ongoing war in the Holy Land. Despite these difficulties, he encourages us to find joy amidst hardships and embrace the true meaning of Christmas by going deeper in faith. from John 20:1a, 2-8 On the first day of the week, Mary Magdalene ran and went to Simon Peter and to the other disciple whom Jesus loved, and told them, "They have taken the Lord from the tomb, and we do not know where they put him." So Peter and the other disciple went out and came to the tomb. They both ran, but the other disciple ran faster than Peter and arrived at the tomb first;