From Father Chris:
 

As we gather this weekend, it seems like just yesterday that I arrived, and here we are preparing to celebrate and indeed are
Celebrating a New Year. Happy 2026! My 1st day at St Teresa's was 17 years ago on New Year’s Day!! 

Clearly, on this Feast of the Blessed Virgin Mary, Theotokos, God-bearer, we are both called and invited to follow her example and “reflect on these things in our hearts.” We may think about what it means to be “blessed.”