St. Nicholas, Bishop of Myra

Happy Feast of St. Nicholas!!!

We had the best day of Advent thus far.  Today we celebrate the feast of St. Nicholas.  I hope you found something fun in your shoes or stockings! 

We started the day with Mass and both of our beloved children were just wonderful during the whole thing!  Thank you St. Nicholas!  We picked up Adam from work around lunchtime and as a family engaged in a little work of charity which Therese and I had been preparing for about a week.  We watched the cartoon, “Nicholas, The Boy who Became Santa.” We got a surprise visit from the newlywed Nicholsons who were delivering St. Nicholas cookies–a tradition James’ family has been doing for many years–they have the best name day!  And tonight we looked inside our stocking to find the little treats and gifts left in the spirit of good ol’ St. Nick. 

After much discernment, we decided that the kids must know about St. Nicholas–the real St. Nicholas.  St. Nicholas, bishop of Myra (now Turkey) was a man of generosity.  He was a confessor, that is, although not martyred for his faith, he was imprisoned and was willing to die for his faith.  He gave all his wealth to the poor.    We pray that through the intersession of St. Nicholas, we and our children may grow in love with baby Jesus and that we may celebrate the spirit of St. Nicholas by giving generously to those in need.