Bishop Barbarito’s latest “Living the Truth in Love” column for the Florida Catholic touches on the recent 60th anniversary of the closing of the Second Vatican Council:
Journeying together toward the kingdom of God
This month of December holds many significant celebrations all surrounding Mary, our Mother. One is the solemnity we just celebrated on Dec. 8, her Immaculate Conception. Another is Dec. 10, the memorial established by Pope Francis of Our Lady of Loretto. The feast of Our Lady of Guadalupe, Dec. 12, is very special to our Diocese with its large Mexican population. The final, of course, is Christmas when we celebrate the birth of Christ, conceived and born of the Virgin Mary. All during December, Mary is present in the Advent season as the one whose perfect giving of herself to the will of God gave us God’s Son. As the Mother of Christ, she is present in the Christmas season as the Lord’s Mother, and ushers in the New Year with the feast of Mary, the Mother of the Lord.
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