Catholica Omnia » serving http://www.thomaspringle.com Everything Catholic Fri, 06 Jan 2012 13:05:03 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 I’ll Be Home for Christmas http://www.thomaspringle.com/2009/12/ill-be-home-for-christmas/ http://www.thomaspringle.com/2009/12/ill-be-home-for-christmas/#comments Tue, 22 Dec 2009 18:35:29 +0000 Tom Pringle http://www.thomaspringle.com/?p=471 Christmas Break is finally upon us!! On Saturday, December 12th, the seminarians drove away from the seminary and headed home to spend the Christmas season with their families and friends. I  was so thankful to be able to get home and immediately enter a brief period of hibernation. Finishing papers, studying for exams, and actually taking exams really wears you out. The break will not be all sleeping, however. I will be volunteering at the church office for a majority of my time home, something I absolutely love doing!!

For Christmas, I am serving at St. Charles for the 7:00 p.m. Christmas Eve and Midnight Masses. I will also be playing my trombone with the choir at the 10:00 a.m. Christmas Mass. It is going to be an exciting time gathering family and friends together for the celebration of the Nativity of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ.

The family will gather together on Friday evening to celebrate Christmas around the tree and the dinner table. Mom and Dad are definitely going to be cooking up a storm on Friday. But, the big family get-together will be on Saturday when we gather around Grandma’s Christmas tree and dinner table.

This time of year is meant to be spent with family and friends. While you are celebrating Christmas with your families, be sure to thank God for the wonderful gifts he has given you. I am so thankful for all that God has given me this year, most especially the newest addition to the Pringle family, Micah D. who was born in February. However, there are people out in the world that are not able to share this most special holiday with their families, including our troops fighting overseas, the homeless members of our society, and those who live in nursing homes. Please also remember them in your thoughts and prayers this Christmas Season.

May the Lord bless all of you and protect you during this most holy season. May the celebration of the birth of our Lord change your hearts and bring you closer to our Heavenly Father.

PHOTO SOURCE: St. Charles Borromeo Catholic Church

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