Hello dear readers and friends. Want to wish all of you on the new or what we sometimes call western calendar MERRY CHRISTMAS!! I usually go to service at the Episcopal Church where I serve as facilities manager. This year COVID precluded that in person celebration. But I am happy to say I found an online parish that was the next best thing. Dear Park Street Church whom I have passed numerous times on my downtown tours, I am so grateful for your service tonight.

And for those in a more contemporary mood, my favorite all time Christian pop singer Amy Grant who turned 60 this year gives one of the best tributes to the Most Holy Mother of God:

Merry Christmas and a Happy Near Year!