STATE DEPUTY MESSAGE FOR DECEMBER

My Brother Knights,

I hope your Thanksgiving was blessed and you got your fill of your favorite holiday foods, whether it was turkey and stuffing or lumpia and rice or tamales and mole. The important thing is we enjoyed the holiday with family and were able to give God thanks for the many blessings he has bestowed on us. 

December is a special time of the year as we prepare for the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ. The Advent season offers us the opportunity to be in prayer, meditation and reflection. It is a time when we can turn away from the distractions and turn directly to Jesus and prepare our hearts for the celebration of Christmas.

Christmas is a time of hope and love as we celebrate the birth of Jesus Christ.  Christmas is a reminder of the gift of God’s love and salvation through Jesus. Many of our councils go dark during this time of the year, but our Churches need us more than ever.  There is much for the Knights to do.  This is when our pastors and our parishes need our help more than ever. Let us be visible, active and serve. Show your parish how involved the Knights are, wear your council jackets, shirts and badges when you are at church doing all that we do.

The Advent and Christmas season are perfect opportunities to be Fishers of Men.  Give the gift of membership to your relatives, family members and friends.  “Follow me, and I will make you fishers of men”, Matthew 4:19.  What if each Knight invited one person during December to join the Order?  There are many Catholic men waiting for an invitation, “No one invited me” should never be an excuse for not joining the Order.  There is no better Christmas gift than making someone a Brother Knight.  Give them what someone gave you to make you a better Catholic, husband and father.  Supreme has the perfect gift for prospective Knights this Advent and Christmas: Vivat Jesus 2025.  Click here to purchase Vivat Jesus in English, Spanish or French. 

I wish you and your families a very Happy and Holy Christmas, and may the New Year be filled with Prosperity and Good Health.  God bless you all.

Vivat Jesus!

Yours in Christ, 

James Larson
State Deputy 2024-2025
state.deputy@californiaknights.org

STATE CHAPLAIN MESSAGE FOR DECEMBER

Dear Brothers,

Last year, September 2023, I went to Philippines for the first time in my life. There are two things that you will never find in other parts of the world. The first try to join mass in the big a shopping mall in Manila. It is a quite thrilling experience. The second, starting September, the houses are already be decorated by Christmas decorations. Christmas songs are in public transportation, shopping centers and many places.

As we enter the Advent, we are reminded that we need to prepare not only physically but our own heart for the second coming of Jesus but also His birthday. The Church is inviting us to reflect how God so loved us and He chose to send His Son be born in a simple poor manger. I invite each brother Knight to set a time to read daily mass reading personally or together with your wife or family. The Advent readings help our hearts open to the mystery the love of God. Beside praying and reading the Advent reading, I invite also to call and visit the elderly brother Knight or those who are sick and lonely in this Advent & Christmas time.

May God filled your preparation of His birth in your heart and your family with His special grace! Have a blessed Advent and Merry Christmas!

Rev. Budi Wardhana
State Chaplain

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