As we await the coming Christ of Christmas in these last days of Advent, we at Terra Sancta Ministries wish you a Merry Christmas on Christmas Day and the entire Octave, culminating with the New Year’s Day celebration of Mary, Mother of God. May the joy of the Savior’s birth be a foretaste of Heaven’s everlasting joy. Let us protect our joy and never let the Devil steal the joy of our salvation!
We will be CLOSED through December 30.
We RE-OPEN on Wednesday, December 31. St. Joseph Chapel will open at 3:00 pm with Eucharistic Exposition to enable a contemplative entering into the New Year. Holy Mass will be at 4:00 pm—a Vigil Mass for Mary, Mother of God. It is a Solemnity and Holy Day of Obligation. We will pray the Rosary and the Chaplet of Divine Mercy after Mass.
- On New Year’s Day, Thursday, January 1, 2026, we will be open for the same feast with the normal schedule:
- (10:30 am) Doors Open & Eucharistic Exposition
- (11:00 am) Confessions
- (Noon) Mass
- (After Mass) Rosary & Chaplet
- CLOSE after the Chaplet of Divine Mercy
Friday, January 2, is First Friday and Saturday, January 3, is First Saturday when we honor devotion to the Immaculate Heart of Mary. Devotion to Our Lady’s the Immaculate Heart of Mary will conquer Satan because Jesus wishes it, and as it ushers in the Triumph of the Immaculate Heart of Mary it will help hasten the coming Kingdom of the Sacred Heart of Jesus. It’s the best way to start the New Year! Immaculata, PRAY FOR US!
In the meantime, I am always available for Mass Intentions (see below for contact information). May your holiday/holy day gatherings be filled with grace, peace and joy.
To communicate with me, please email me directly at abunaalex@yahoo.com or call/text me at (313) 727-9784. Holy Mother of God & St. Joseph, pray for us!
In Jesus, Mary & Joseph,
Fr. Alex Kratz, OFM
Spiritual Director of Terra Sancta Ministries