This year was far from the Christmas that we’d planned with my family but it was still full of so many blessings. I’m incredibly grateful to have been able to witness a beautiful Latin midnight mass. The large church was packed with people in their Christmas finery, men in suits and women in veils, who had braved the negative temperatures outside to participate in this reverent Catholic mass.
Blessed in the Midwest 
Thank you for this post. The church is the assembly of people called out from the world to commune with God and be His people. What you describe is the meaning of the church, people are united together and in Christ. Despite the cold weather or the world views that challenge the occurrence of this event.
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Absolutely! I agree, it’s nice to be reminded of our core values and traditions and to feel that oneness with God.
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