Your Christmas parties may have already begun, but the Church is still keeping the season of Advent. One of the traditional themes of Advent is The Four Last Things: Death, Judgment, Hell, and Heaven. Sobering stuff! But rather like a sharp winter wind that makes you all the more ready to gather around the creche at Christmas. Immediately after the 9 a.m. Saturday Mass on December 18 the Eucharist will be exposed for adoration. The reflection will be followed by opportunity for confession, and we will conclude with Benediction at 10:35 a.m