ST. VINCENT de PAUL Celebrating the Season at St. Vincent de Paul with the Beauty of Music continued from front cover singing with understanding. My encouragement is to look at the words first, asking ‘What is this saying to us?’ And then, not only are you praying with a beautiful piece of music, you’re praying with a deep understanding of the message that song is trying to present to you.” Our traditional Christmas Concert will look a bit different this year, with members of our various choirs sharing their favorite Advent and Christmas selections through our Virtual Christmas Concert. These video performances will be released in short two-to-three-song segments, available on our website, inspiring people in their prayer and reflection from the comfort and safety of their homes. “You can enjoy a few Christmas songs here and there when you’re in the mood and see some people, and maybe you haven’t even seen the church for a while,” Kevin says. Uniquely this year, Kevin hopes that one of his favorite Christmas songs — one that he wrote — “See Amid the Winter’s Snow,” will help to inspire people to enter into the incarnational mysteries, during challenging times. “I was having kind of a difficult year and I wanted to express the Christmas joy in a quiet reflective way,” says Kevin on writing the piece. “I was reflecting on what Christmas could
mean to me besides all the secular stuff and I wound up writing a very minor piece, just a quiet peace. This is a joyful season, but it is a time for us to reflect on things, as well. “Christmas is the incarnation, it’s not just one day,” he adds. “It’s understanding how the Incarnation of Jesus makes a change. It’s when God broke into our reality and nothing that comes after that is the same.”
Although we will not have our traditional concert this year, members of our choirs will be sharing their favorite holiday selections via the Virtual Christmas Concert.
Christmas Mass Schedule Christmas Eve, Dec. 24 4 p.m. and 6 p.m. Christmas Day, Dec. 25 10 a.m. All three Christmas Masses will be live-streamed.
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For updated Advent and Christmas Mass schedules, please visit our website at www.svdpcc.org or call the parish office at 817-478-8206.
