It very well might be the busiest 24 days of the year.  I'm speaking of the days starting with the First Sunday of Advent until Christmas Eve.  The Advent season calls us to preparedness, patience, and prayer, both at church and in other settings.  It also is a time of public and private Christmas gatherings that can fill up the calendar and lead to stress instead of expectant joy which is the mood that is fostered by the practices and activities in Advent.  

I pray that as you determine what you will be doing in these days leading up to Christmas, that you will prioritize the things of God that are truly part of the Advent season.  This includes activities like daily Mass, a Day of Recollection (December 20), an Advent Reconciliation Service, charitable endeavors, the daily reflections from our "Little Books" and perhaps some extra time with Jesus in our 24/7 Perpetual Eucharistic Adoration Chapel.  If we are busy with these and other opportunities, I will predict a Christmas and Christmas season that will be joy-filled and truly meaningful in what Christmas is truly all about, the coming of the Lord of Glory.