Dear friends: For many people this was (another) difficult Christmas. I know many people who, because of Covid and the Omicron variant in particular, agonized over whether to go home or spend time with friends or family, or who simply couldn't go home... 
And I know that experience myself: I was quarantined over Thanksgiving and ate Thanksgiving dinner in my room. Happily, I was able to see my family today (we were all vaxxed, boosted and tested) and even celebrated Mass for them...
But if you chose not to see friends or family out of caution, or if you were positive or exposed and could not see them, know that you did not see them out of love. Getting vaccinated, boosted and tested, and being masked and keeping social distance, is an act of love....
So is choosing not to endanger your friends and family needlessly. So if this decision was made from love, try not to have any regrets and trust your discernment. As my spiritual director always says after tough decisions, "Be at peace"...
Perhaps in the coming days, you can let your loved ones know, through a phone call, zoom call or text, that you've been thinking of them.
And remember that Jesus came into a world of sickness, disease and even pandemic, when he entered our world in the first century....
And remember that Jesus came into a world of sickness, disease and even pandemic, when he entered our world in the first century....
Emmanuel, God with us, is with us in all things.
May the Peace of Christ reign in all our hearts this Christmas season.
May the Peace of Christ reign in all our hearts this Christmas season.
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