“Contagious joy.” Can you think of a more beautiful phrase? Today’s presider at the final 5 a.m. Simbang Gabi Mass, Father Andrew Gonzalo from DC’s St. Augustine Parish, challenged us to shine the light this Christmas season “on people shivering in the dark…
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Simbang Gabi 2012, Day 8: Being Christ to One Another
Day 8, the next to the last of the nine 5 a.m. Simbang Gabi Masses. And things were a bit chaotic. The novena’s organizer wasn’t going to make the opening of the Mass, so a friend
Simbang Gabi 2012, Day 7: Food, Glorious Food
“I always wanted to be an airline stewardess,” the woman joked as she offered a snack somewhere between cornbread and pound cake to those of us in the line that snaked
Simbang Gabi 2012, Day 6: Prayers of the Faithful
When it comes to the Prayers of the Faithful, specifically, the parts where we pray for the sick and the deceased, there are two kinds of people: Those who prefer to pray silently for