Rejoice & Be Glad! A Journey Through Christmas with the Holy Family

Do you seek fulfillment from within or in the world? Do you go to God for comfort or to something else? Do you search for peace within or without?

We often spend weeks anticipating Christmas Day, only to feel a lingering emptiness when it's over because we know there’s something deeper than the holiday sentimentality and gift exchanges.

If we take the posture of quiet attentiveness the shepherds did long ago, we can find the peace that comes only from God. This peace is one the secular world can never provide, for we know we have been found by a God who became man not only to redeem us but to be actively involved in each one of our lives.

New this Christmas, journey with Fr. Mark Toup’s prayer journal, Rejoice & Be Glad! A Journey Through Christmas with the Holy Family. Following the same format as his award-winning Lent and Advent journals, this journal invites you into silence as you reflect on daily meditations highlighting significant scriptural events following Jesus’ birth. Throughout the Christmas season, the journal will help you delight in God's promise to send a Savior and rest in the wonder and mystery of the Incarnation. Emmanuel is with you, whether your life is tranquil or troubled, merry or messy. He wants to give you peace. Join the Holy Family, shepherds, and magi at the manger, and don’t be afraid to open your heart to the joy of his presence this Christmas season.