Dear Edwardians, 

2020 is a year where we need Christmas more than ever. We often think of Christmas as a time when everything is safe, warm, secure, and snug. We think of the Christmas trees, lights, parties, hot chocolate, and carols. 

Unfortunately, 2020 has not felt like a safe and secure year. This Christmas we will need to be comforted by more than pretty lights and tinsel.  We need to be comforted by God Himself. 
          
This has not been the first Christmas in our Church’s history where the world seemed dark. Actually, the first Christmas was quite uncomfortable. Jesus was born into a poor, homeless, immigrant family in a stranger’s garage. Instead of a crib, the newborn was placed in a rough feeding trough. A few days later, Joseph was warned in a dream that Herod’s secret police would be hunting his child to kill him. Shortly after His birth, Jesus, Mary, and Joseph had to flee to Egypt. 
          
Jesus was born into a dangerous world, the real world, our world. 
          
However, while our world is dangerous place, it is also a place that God has chosen to enter. It is a world where angels visit shepherds. It is a world where wise men are guided by a star. It is a world where barren women, like Elizabeth, or a virgin like Mary, conceive. A world where fathers are guided by angels in their dreams and where miracles still occur. It is a world in which God has chosen to enter and dwell with us. And He is still with us. 

2020 years later, as we enter into a “dark winter,” the good news is that “the light shines in the darkness and the darkness has not overcome it.” (John 1:5) Christmas brings the light of Heaven into our dark world. Christmas is a reminder that God chooses to enter our lives precisely when things seem the darkest. He did so on Christmas 2020 years ago and He will do so today. Merry Christmas and St. Edward the Confessor pray for us! 

God bless,
Fr. Scott 

We will be having our usual five Christmas masses this year, three on Christmas Eve and two on Christmas Day. For more details on each, please check the Christmas and Advent schedule here. Don't forget to click More Events in the top right to display all of the upcoming masses.