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And it's amazing, they're always the same thing. It just has to do with perspective. I mean, I didn't get a single Christmas card with the words across the top, another mouth to feed. That would be a burden. Instead, we see a blessing. And almost every real burden in our life that comes from other people, and people need time, and there are people who need help, and that can be socioeconomic help, that can be help in our families, that can be the family member that always seems to need help. And we can turn our mind so that that becomes burden. Very easily. Or we can understand that the people who call forth things from us are really the only meaning we have in life. I mean, children, if you want to go there, you could say, aren't children a burden? Sorry, choir. Wah, wah. You know. But what else makes life worth it? I mean, what is it that people get in the way of? Another rerun of Judge Judy. What is it that people get in the way of? And tonight we celebrate this moment, and I've been so caught up, this year has been a lot of my friends, you know, I'm at the age, you know, I went through the period of time where friends were getting married and friends were having children, and now all of my friends are having their first grandchildren. And where I knew that when they had children it would change their lives radically, I did not realize that grandchildren would be a game changer for so many people. It's a game changer. I've seen people move across the country to be with grandchildren. And you wonder what that is, and it's this sense that what we've done has gone on into the world. Who we are does not pass away. And I had all of these deep, heady, notably brilliant theological reflections ready for tonight. And then, as rarely, rarely happens, I woke up at four in the morning, and I thought, oh, I can't get back to bed and I've got midnight mass. Now the minute you tell yourself that, you are never, ever going back to sleep. We all know that. And I had this, real quick, there was this melody and lyric in my mind that I had seen the snow falling just before I went to bed, and so I started this little thing. I thought, I'm just gonna go write the four measures down and then I will come back to bed. And an hour and a half later, I had a song. And it was just pouring in. I don't think I've ever really had a song come that quickly. And the homily went out the window, and what I'm going to do, and what I'm going to do, I'm gonna move to the piano, and this is gonna be a much shorter homily because songs reel me in as well as let me express myself. But this is a song, and it really is about that moment when I'm looking at the snow and I'm thinking, we don't know how much there'll be tomorrow, but what is it about snow we love? And I can't, it has nothing to do with Christmas. I mean, I don't want to ruin anyone's Christmas, but there wasn't a lot of snow in Jerusalem in the spring. And yet, it's part of our cultural thought of Christmas, and I think the reason is there's something, I mean, it's beautiful to look at, but if we stop to think about it, we need rain. And when rain comes down and hits something a little less hospitable, like cold, it can turn into something amazing and beautiful, which is the Christ story. God who comes down and actually finds something less hospitable, and it becomes even more beautiful. And so, you know, this mystery of the child and the snow was kind of going through my head, and so I'm just going to leave you with this. This is my gift this year, mostly for our children. So this is, since they're giving us all this music, this is a gift for the children that I'm hoping in future years we can do with some of the choirs. So just let me make sure that I'm on the new mic here. Is this on? Oh. Oh, I'm going to sound big. ♪ ♪ Gently falls the dawn of grace ♪ Like snow in the dark of night ♪ To cast a glow from the starlight ♪ Into realms of time and space ♪ A child who will bring us sight ♪ Falls fast to show ♪ This is our light ♪ Prince of peace, hope of every nation ♪ Light the darkness has not suppressed ♪ Peace and mercy for all creation ♪ See how the night becomes blast ♪ Child of dawn ♪ ♪ In the eastern sky so near ♪ A glint of the morning's hue ♪ Reveals his birth ♪ Just a small life ♪ Hear the wondrous cry ♪ So dear ♪ This glint of a world so new ♪ Unseals on earth ♪ Love for all life ♪ Infant bearer of consolation ♪ Love that hatred cannot outlast ♪ Tender triumph of inspiration ♪ Breathe ♪ Wondrous breath unsurpassed ♪ Child of grace now fall ♪ Eternal hope for all ♪ Deep in our grace to dwell ♪ This is Emmanuel ♪ Behold the healing author of all salvation ♪ Life to strengthen the weary soul ♪ God and spirit and incarnation ♪ Rest in this world ♪ You've made whole ♪ 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WEBVTT 00:00:00.000 --> 00:00:02.000 The Lord be with you. 00:00:02.000 --> 00:00:03.000 And with your spirit. 00:00:03.000 --> 00:00:05.000 A reading from the Holy Gospel according to Luke. 00:00:05.000 --> 00:00:09.000 Glory to you, O Lord. 00:00:09.000 --> 00:00:12.000 When the angels went away from them to heaven, 00:00:12.000 --> 00:00:14.000 the shepherds said to one another, 00:00:14.000 --> 00:00:16.000 Let us go then to Bethlehem 00:00:16.000 --> 00:00:18.000 to see this thing that has taken place 00:00:18.000 --> 00:00:21.000 which the Lord has made known to us. 00:00:21.000 --> 00:00:24.000 So they went in haste and found Mary and Joseph 00:00:24.000 --> 00:00:27.000 and the infant lying in a manger. 00:00:27.000 --> 00:00:29.000 When they saw this, they made known the message 00:00:29.000 --> 00:00:32.000 that had been told them about the child. 00:00:32.000 --> 00:00:34.000 All who heard it were amazed 00:00:34.000 --> 00:00:38.000 by what had been told them by the shepherds. 00:00:38.000 --> 00:00:42.000 And Mary kept all these things, reflecting on them in her heart. 00:00:42.000 --> 00:00:45.000 Then the shepherds returned, glorifying and praising God 00:00:45.000 --> 00:00:47.000 for all they had heard and seen, 00:00:47.000 --> 00:00:51.000 just as it had been told to them. 00:00:51.000 --> 00:00:53.000 The Gospel of the Lord. 00:00:53.000 --> 00:01:03.000 Praise be to the Lord Jesus Christ. 00:01:03.000 --> 00:01:06.000 The Gospel kind of points us towards 00:01:06.000 --> 00:01:11.000 the difference between blessings and burdens. 00:01:11.000 --> 00:01:14.000 And it's amazing, they're always the same thing. 00:01:14.000 --> 00:01:17.000 It just has to do with perspective. 00:01:17.000 --> 00:01:20.000 I mean, I didn't get a single Christmas card 00:01:20.000 --> 00:01:25.000 with the words across the top, another mouth to feed. 00:01:25.000 --> 00:01:27.000 That would be a burden. 00:01:27.000 --> 00:01:29.000 Instead, we see a blessing. 00:01:29.000 --> 00:01:32.000 And almost every real burden in our life 00:01:32.000 --> 00:01:35.000 that comes from other people, and people need time, 00:01:35.000 --> 00:01:37.000 and there are people who need help, 00:01:37.000 --> 00:01:40.000 and that can be socioeconomic help, 00:01:40.000 --> 00:01:42.000 that can be help in our families, 00:01:42.000 --> 00:01:46.000 that can be the family member that always seems to need help. 00:01:46.000 --> 00:01:52.000 And we can turn our mind so that that becomes burden. 00:01:52.000 --> 00:01:53.000 Very easily. 00:01:53.000 --> 00:01:58.000 Or we can understand that the people who call forth 00:01:58.000 --> 00:02:03.000 things from us are really the only meaning we have in life. 00:02:03.000 --> 00:02:08.000 I mean, children, if you want to go there, 00:02:08.000 --> 00:02:11.000 you could say, aren't children a burden? 00:02:11.000 --> 00:02:14.000 Sorry, choir. 00:02:15.000 --> 00:02:16.000 Wah, wah. 00:02:16.000 --> 00:02:19.000 You know. 00:02:19.000 --> 00:02:21.000 But what else makes life worth it? 00:02:21.000 --> 00:02:26.000 I mean, what is it that people get in the way of? 00:02:26.000 --> 00:02:29.000 Another rerun of Judge Judy. 00:02:29.000 --> 00:02:32.000 What is it that people get in the way of? 00:02:32.000 --> 00:02:34.000 And tonight we celebrate this moment, 00:02:34.000 --> 00:02:36.000 and I've been so caught up, 00:02:36.000 --> 00:02:40.000 this year has been a lot of my friends, you know, 00:02:40.000 --> 00:02:43.000 I'm at the age, you know, I went through the period of time 00:02:43.000 --> 00:02:44.000 where friends were getting married 00:02:44.000 --> 00:02:46.000 and friends were having children, 00:02:46.000 --> 00:02:50.000 and now all of my friends are having their first grandchildren. 00:02:50.000 --> 00:02:54.000 And where I knew that when they had children 00:02:54.000 --> 00:02:56.000 it would change their lives radically, 00:02:56.000 --> 00:02:59.000 I did not realize that grandchildren 00:02:59.000 --> 00:03:02.000 would be a game changer for so many people. 00:03:02.000 --> 00:03:04.000 It's a game changer. 00:03:04.000 --> 00:03:06.000 I've seen people move across the country 00:03:06.000 --> 00:03:08.000 to be with grandchildren. 00:03:08.000 --> 00:03:10.000 And you wonder what that is, 00:03:10.000 --> 00:03:13.000 and it's this sense that what we've done 00:03:13.000 --> 00:03:15.000 has gone on into the world. 00:03:15.000 --> 00:03:18.000 Who we are does not pass away. 00:03:18.000 --> 00:03:22.000 And I had all of these deep, heady, 00:03:22.000 --> 00:03:27.000 notably brilliant theological reflections ready for tonight. 00:03:27.000 --> 00:03:30.000 And then, as rarely, rarely happens, 00:03:30.000 --> 00:03:33.000 I woke up at four in the morning, 00:03:33.000 --> 00:03:35.000 and I thought, oh, I can't get back to bed 00:03:35.000 --> 00:03:37.000 and I've got midnight mass. 00:03:37.000 --> 00:03:38.000 Now the minute you tell yourself that, 00:03:38.000 --> 00:03:40.000 you are never, ever going back to sleep. 00:03:40.000 --> 00:03:42.000 We all know that. 00:03:42.000 --> 00:03:43.000 And I had this, real quick, 00:03:43.000 --> 00:03:46.000 there was this melody and lyric in my mind 00:03:46.000 --> 00:03:47.000 that I had seen the snow falling 00:03:47.000 --> 00:03:48.000 just before I went to bed, 00:03:48.000 --> 00:03:49.000 and so I started this little thing. 00:03:49.000 --> 00:03:52.000 I thought, I'm just gonna go write the four measures down 00:03:52.000 --> 00:03:54.000 and then I will come back to bed. 00:03:54.000 --> 00:03:57.000 And an hour and a half later, I had a song. 00:03:57.000 --> 00:03:59.000 And it was just pouring in. 00:03:59.000 --> 00:04:03.000 I don't think I've ever really had a song come that quickly. 00:04:03.000 --> 00:04:05.000 And the homily went out the window, 00:04:05.000 --> 00:04:06.000 and what I'm going to do, 00:04:06.000 --> 00:04:07.000 and what I'm going to do, 00:04:07.000 --> 00:04:08.000 I'm gonna move to the piano, 00:04:08.000 --> 00:04:10.000 and this is gonna be a much shorter homily 00:04:10.000 --> 00:04:15.000 because songs reel me in as well as let me express myself. 00:04:15.000 --> 00:04:16.000 But this is a song, 00:04:16.000 --> 00:04:18.000 and it really is about that moment 00:04:18.000 --> 00:04:20.000 when I'm looking at the snow and I'm thinking, 00:04:20.000 --> 00:04:22.000 we don't know how much there'll be tomorrow, 00:04:22.000 --> 00:04:24.000 but what is it about snow we love? 00:04:24.000 --> 00:04:27.000 And I can't, it has nothing to do with Christmas. 00:04:27.000 --> 00:04:29.000 I mean, I don't want to ruin anyone's Christmas, 00:04:29.000 --> 00:04:32.000 but there wasn't a lot of snow in Jerusalem in the spring. 00:04:32.000 --> 00:04:38.000 And yet, it's part of our cultural thought of Christmas, 00:04:38.000 --> 00:04:41.000 and I think the reason is there's something, 00:04:41.000 --> 00:04:43.000 I mean, it's beautiful to look at, 00:04:43.000 --> 00:04:46.000 but if we stop to think about it, we need rain. 00:04:46.000 --> 00:04:47.000 And when rain comes down 00:04:47.000 --> 00:04:52.000 and hits something a little less hospitable, like cold, 00:04:52.000 --> 00:04:56.000 it can turn into something amazing and beautiful, 00:04:56.000 --> 00:04:58.000 which is the Christ story. 00:04:58.000 --> 00:04:59.000 God who comes down 00:04:59.000 --> 00:05:01.000 and actually finds something less hospitable, 00:05:01.000 --> 00:05:04.000 and it becomes even more beautiful. 00:05:04.000 --> 00:05:07.000 And so, you know, this mystery of the child and the snow 00:05:07.000 --> 00:05:09.000 was kind of going through my head, 00:05:09.000 --> 00:05:11.000 and so I'm just going to leave you with this. 00:05:11.000 --> 00:05:14.000 This is my gift this year, mostly for our children. 00:05:14.000 --> 00:05:17.000 So this is, since they're giving us all this music, 00:05:17.000 --> 00:05:18.000 this is a gift for the children 00:05:18.000 --> 00:05:22.000 that I'm hoping in future years we can do with some of the choirs. 00:05:22.000 --> 00:05:26.000 So just let me make sure that I'm on the new mic here. 00:05:26.000 --> 00:05:28.000 Is this on? Oh. 00:05:29.000 --> 00:05:31.000 Oh, I'm going to sound big. 00:05:35.000 --> 00:05:54.000 ♪ 00:05:54.000 --> 00:05:59.000 ♪ Gently falls the dawn of grace 00:05:59.000 --> 00:06:03.000 ♪ Like snow in the dark of night 00:06:03.000 --> 00:06:10.000 ♪ To cast a glow from the starlight 00:06:10.000 --> 00:06:16.000 ♪ Into realms of time and space 00:06:16.000 --> 00:06:20.000 ♪ A child who will bring us sight 00:06:20.000 --> 00:06:25.000 ♪ Falls fast to show 00:06:25.000 --> 00:06:27.000 ♪ This is our light 00:06:27.000 --> 00:06:31.000 ♪ Prince of peace, hope of every nation 00:06:31.000 --> 00:06:35.000 ♪ Light the darkness has not suppressed 00:06:35.000 --> 00:06:38.000 ♪ Peace and mercy for all creation 00:06:38.000 --> 00:06:47.000 ♪ See how the night becomes blast 00:06:47.000 --> 00:06:50.000 ♪ Child of dawn 00:06:50.000 --> 00:07:06.000 ♪ 00:07:06.000 --> 00:07:11.000 ♪ In the eastern sky so near 00:07:11.000 --> 00:07:14.000 ♪ A glint of the morning's hue 00:07:14.000 --> 00:07:19.000 ♪ Reveals his birth 00:07:19.000 --> 00:07:21.000 ♪ Just a small life 00:07:21.000 --> 00:07:24.000 ♪ Hear the wondrous cry 00:07:24.000 --> 00:07:26.000 ♪ So dear 00:07:26.000 --> 00:07:30.000 ♪ This glint of a world so new 00:07:30.000 --> 00:07:35.000 ♪ Unseals on earth 00:07:35.000 --> 00:07:37.000 ♪ Love for all life 00:07:37.000 --> 00:07:41.000 ♪ Infant bearer of consolation 00:07:41.000 --> 00:07:45.000 ♪ Love that hatred cannot outlast 00:07:45.000 --> 00:07:48.000 ♪ Tender triumph of inspiration 00:07:48.000 --> 00:07:51.000 ♪ Breathe 00:07:51.000 --> 00:07:56.000 ♪ Wondrous breath unsurpassed 00:07:56.000 --> 00:08:00.000 ♪ Child of grace now fall 00:08:00.000 --> 00:08:04.000 ♪ Eternal hope for all 00:08:04.000 --> 00:08:07.000 ♪ Deep in our grace to dwell 00:08:07.000 --> 00:08:11.000 ♪ This is Emmanuel 00:08:11.000 --> 00:08:16.000 ♪ Behold the healing author of all salvation 00:08:16.000 --> 00:08:20.000 ♪ Life to strengthen the weary soul 00:08:20.000 --> 00:08:24.000 ♪ God and spirit and incarnation 00:08:24.000 --> 00:08:28.000 ♪ Rest in this world 00:08:28.000 --> 00:08:33.000 ♪ You've made whole 00:08:33.000 --> 00:08:39.000 ♪ Child of dawn 00:08:39.000 --> 00:08:44.000 ♪ Rest in this world 00:08:44.000 --> 00:08:49.000 ♪ You've made whole 00:08:49.000 --> 00:08:54.000 ♪ Child of dawn 00:08:55.000 --> 00:09:00.000 ♪ You've made whole 00:09:00.000 --> 00:09:05.000 ♪ Child of dawn 00:09:05.000 --> 00:09:10.000 ♪ You've made whole 00:09:10.000 --> 00:09:15.000 ♪ Child of dawn 00:09:15.000 --> 00:09:20.000 ♪ You've made whole
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Father Pat’s message centers on the transformative power of perspective, especially in how we view the people and events that shape our lives. Drawing from the Gospel story of the shepherds’ journey to the Christ child, he reflects on how what may initially appear as burdens—such as the demands of family or the responsibilities of love—are in fact profound blessings. The Incarnation, God's entry into the world as a vulnerable child, reframes hardship as a pathway to grace. Through a spontaneous song inspired by the quiet of snowfall and the sleepless anticipation of Christmas, Father Pat invites the faithful to see beauty in what is often uncelebrated, and to recognize divine presence in the ordinary and demanding parts of life. In greater detail, Father Pat opens his homily by reflecting on the Gospel of Luke, particularly the shepherds' response to the angelic message: they went "in haste" to see the newborn Christ. This urgency and joy contrast with how humans often respond to the demands of life—with reluctance, weariness, or even resentment. He draws a powerful spiritual insight from this: many of the things we label as burdens are also our greatest blessings. Using the example of children, he highlights how dependent and demanding they are, yet how deeply they give life meaning. No one sends a Christmas card saying, “Another mouth to feed,” as that would focus solely on the burden. Instead, we celebrate the gift of new life. This theme is expanded into a broader spiritual principle: the people who need us most—our children, family members, and even strangers—are those who call something essential out of us. They are not interruptions to life; they *are* life. Father Pat challenges the congregation to reconsider their priorities, asking rhetorically, “What do people get in the way of? Another rerun of Judge Judy?” This question humorously but poignantly exposes the shallow things we often prioritize over deep human connection. He then shares a personal reflection about his stage in life, observing how many of his friends are now becoming grandparents. He marvels at how this new generation of life propels people to rearrange their lives, even move across the country. This experience, he says, reveals an existential truth: that who we are does not pass away. Our love, our legacy, continues in the lives of others. It is a quiet but profound affirmation of eternal life and the continuation of grace through human relationships. The homily takes a tender turn as Father Pat recounts a moment of inspiration in the early hours of the morning, when, unable to sleep, he was moved to write a song. The song, born of a meditation on snowfall, becomes the centerpiece of his message. Snow, he notes, is not even native to Bethlehem and yet it has become a symbol of Christmas in many cultures. He offers a beautiful metaphor: rain falling on a cold, inhospitable earth becomes snow—something delicate, quiet, and beautiful. Likewise, the Incarnation is God entering a world often cold and unwelcoming, and yet producing something breathtaking: Christ, the Word made flesh. The song itself, offered as a gift especially to the children, echoes this theme. It speaks of the “Child of Dawn,” the “Prince of Peace,” and the “Infant bearer of consolation.” In lyrical language, it proclaims that this small, vulnerable child is the source of eternal hope, the bringer of light, and the healer of a broken world. Its poetry reinforces the core message of the homily: that divine grace comes most powerfully not in grand displays, but in the quiet, often overlooked moments—like snowfall in the night or a child lying in a manger. Father Pat’s message is both theological and pastoral. Theologically, he affirms the mystery of the Incarnation—that God enters into human vulnerability to redeem it from within. Pastorally, he invites the faithful to reframe their understanding of the people and events in their lives. Instead of seeing them as burdens, we are called to see them as sacred invitations—to grow, to love, and to become more fully alive. In this way, the message of Christmas is not only about something that happened long ago in Bethlehem, but something that continues to happen now, in each heart that finds Christ in the midst of life’s demands.
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