Sending our LOVE on Christmas Day!/The newborn child brought LIFE into the world and LIGHT into the darkness

Christmas JOY to see our miliary family after mass on base this Christmas morning!  LOVE how we are all sharing Jesus in mass this morning in Marshall, Fort Lewis, WA, Saint Pierre, France, and here in Delano!

9 days old - Regina Maria is reminding us of the sweetness of new LIFE, which we celebrate today in a very special way.  She had on a beautiful fluffy Christmas dress, but she looks sweet and innocent and new wrapped in a simple blanket - swaddling clothes.

After sharing a glorious Christmas morning mass with Nancy's family.  Sweet 9 year old Bernadette sat next to grandma and found the hymns and readings for us to follow along the mass.  What Joyful music and glorious readings today filled with such joy, hope and love as the LIGHT of Christ entered the world!

Our wonderful farm family with their new little one, Thomas Robert in the heart of their love for LIFE and raising LIGHTS!  He and Regina are 4 weeks apart!

Talk about joy and happiness in the face of granddaughter, Maggie Rose.  She will soon come to join the two new babies and grandma can record with numerous pictures the 3 new little ones for this year in our domestic Church/family!

Nancy with Regina Maria wrapped in her shawl receiving Jesus in their glorious most beautiful church this morning.  They now kneel at the Communion rale as part of their showing reverence to Jesus presence in the Eucharist!

The LIGHT of Christ has pierced the darkness - Fr Kyle preached about how we want the peace of Christ - which we witness in St Maximilian Kolbe, who was able to smile although he was starving and suffered greatly in the Concentration camp.  That is Peace of Chrsit, and I want that!

A week old and loved so much!

LOVE the look of love in her face and such peaceful is her new sister in her arms!

Rough and tough Dominic gets soft and sweet with his new baby sister in his arms!  The best gift there is this Christmas - nothing else compares and we are in touch with the True Reason for this being such a day of Celebration in our home, country and world!

Wide awake for Santa's gifts in grandpa's arms and next to his ugly santa sweater

Josephine visits baby Jesus before mass 

How beautiful upon the mountains
        are the feet of him who brings glad tidings,
    announcing peace, bearing good news,
        announcing salvation, and saying to Zion,
        “Your God is King!”

    Hark!  Your sentinels raise a cry,
        together they shout for joy,
    for they see directly, before their eyes,
        the LORD restoring Zion.  Isaiah 52 - the first reading today is how we feel inside as we realize this was our Salvation that entered the world in the LIFE of a tiny helpless innocent Son of God made man through a virgin!

Bernadette was so sweet as she showed her sweet new sister to old and young alike after mass.  

The Gospel today from John 1:1-8!

In the beginning was the Word,
        and the Word was with God,
        and the Word was God.
    He was in the beginning with God. 
    All things came to be through him,
        and without him nothing came to be.
    What came to be through him was life,
        and this life was the light of the human race;
    the light shines in the darkness...  John 1:1-8

Jesus with us every day in The Church in the Eucharist and His Word!  How I love to visit Him in the Tabernacle or the monstrance in Adoration!  

So beautiful are the feet of those... Visiting Jesus in Adoration in the glorious church here in Delano yesterday!  

A young family came to visit Jesus!

4 years ago in KC visiting our 2 daughters, Nancy and Little Sister Hallel!  We are united in The Eucharist and in prayer with our nun!

John' precious family a year ago on Christmas day.  

Captain Joseph and his entire family gathered a year ago.

Here in Delano a year ago,,, soon we will have our Christmas farm dinner here and then return to the farm .

Before the shepherds the animals adored the LIGHT and LIFE and LOVE come down to earth to save us!

A lot of LIFE to LOVE!

Too cute!

the best gift there is by a long shot!  Nothing can compare!

My brother, Phil, with his 2 girls.  He owns a restaurant so he made a huge buffet for his family!  LOVE!

God made man - A King became a baby!

So precious and beautiful!

2 1/2 year old George is now a big brother!  The best gift ever is more siblings 

French/Bernadette braids and poinsettia earings from grandma's bag of jewels, and such a sweet reverent girl to share mass with this morning.  You should hear her say the Latin parts of mass!  She is wonderfully engaged in her Faith!

Lots of incense to honor our newborn King of heaven and earth!  Jesus, we love you and trust in you.  Amen and Hallelujah!

Last year on the farm!

new born Thomas 5 weeks ago!  

Wising all a wonderful Christmas filled with JOY, Peace and LOVE!  Bless-bless, Patrick and Barbara and our growing family now reaching 22 grandchildren to each make our love grow more!  That's a lot of LOVE!  

3 new LIFE!

Sweet Thomas will grow up between two girl cousins just as Patrick has done ahead of him!  

Joy to the world!!!!  We ended mass with this today - so perfect for this day!  Bless-bless