Dear People of God,

I wish you all a Prosperous and grace-filled New Year-2024. I specially thank all those who decorated the Cribs and Churches in all our three Churches. I also thank you all who participated in Christmas Masses. It was a good attendance. Also, Sincerely I am thanking you all for your wishes, prayers and Christmas Cards.

Dear People of God,

First of all, I wish you a very Merry Christmas. How are all in your family? I pray at the Altar of Christ for your happiness and good health. Many more blessings of God be with you all.

There is a little difference in this year. Both the fourth week of Advent and the Christmas Eve fall on the same day. So, I would like to write here about Christmas, not about the readings of fourth week of Advent.

May the Lord give you peace! Again, we are prayerfully beginning the diocesan annual appeal. Last year, it was included in the Inspired by the Spirit Capital Campaign. This year onwards, it is going to be as usual. You might have received or will be receiving a mailing about the diocesan annual appeal very soon. Please take some time to prayerfully respond to the appeal. As you know, our diocesan annual appeal is the funding source for all the diocesan offices and their activities like seminarians’ education & religious formation, Televised Mass, Mary of good help Hmong ministry and so on.

Dear sisters and brothers,

Good morning to you all. Advent is a time of waiting in hope for our Savior. On this second week of Advent, we continue our waiting and preparation for the Lord’s coming. In today’s First Reading through Isaiah God promises comfort and forgiveness to Jerusalem. He summons their courage and invites them to look beyond their present predicament to the time of renewal and restoration. The time of exile will end. God will gather his scattered people like a shepherd gathers his lambs. Using poetic metaphors, he calls them to change and conversion. “Let every valley be filled in and every mountain and hill be laid low. The second reading encourages us to grow in holiness.

Dear People of God,

Good morning to you all! I hope you all had a beautiful Thanksgiving. Today we begin a “new season called ‘Season of Advent’ in the new liturgical year of the Church. Advent is a season of hope and a period during which as Christians we await the fulfillment of the promise of God through his prophets. In addition to being a season of hope, it is equally, a season of patience and prayer. During these four weeks, we are expected to prepare for the birth of the messiah. It suffices to note that while we prepare physically, the most important must be the spiritual preparation.