The Nativity of the Lord • Year C
What makes the birth of the child of Bethlehem something extraordinary is not so much due to the singing of angels and the gathering of shepherds. It’s not in the things that surround the birth, rather, it’s in the awareness of who this is, who he will become, how he will manifest himself, what he will say and what he will accomplish.
This Day in Province History: December 24, 1965
On this Christmas Eve Night in 1865, Fr. Thomas Galberry celebrated the first Mass in the new church of Saint Augustine in Troy, New York, which he himself had been instrumental in initiating and bringing to completion.