CHRISTMAS, THE MYSTERY AND THE WONDER - Tecno-Libro

it is time for us to renew Christmas. .We all know the story, but do we, really? 18 years ago, the director of St. Thomas More s Gospel Choir, Henry Herrera, came to me with an idea for a Christmas program to be done just before Midnight Mass. . He knew i was a writer and lector, so he proposed that we come up with an overall theme and a selection of Christmas carols. . i would do a reflection leading into each song. . He would pick the songs and give me the list. . We would both work on a theme. . Little did we know what The Holy Spirit was going to do with that little idea. .Each year, He has inspired Henry and me with a wonderful and powerful theme, and as a special gift, The Holy Spirit has given me a poem not just the idea, but the whole poem, and always from a perspective which was not only new to the parishioners at St. Thomas More, but to me as well. . Last year, after Mass, Sr. Ellen, with whom i had had a cordial relations