As I've said often enough, we have become very dependent on volunteer stewards to have the church opened for Masses. As I also say often enough, this is not my doing - my hands are tied by the decisins made by the Bishop and the Diocese. Daily Masses continue, but I need those stewards to have the church doors opened, and for those private Masses to become public Masses.
That said, our existing band of stewards have come together to make Christmas Masses possible. And I have programmed three Masses for Christmas, one at 18.00 on Christmas eve (Thursday the 24th), one at 00.00 on Christmas Day (the midnight Mass, obviously), and one at 10.30 on Christmas day. The Holy Father had seen fit to allow priests to say four Masses on Christmas day (normally, we are allowed to say only three). So there will be a fourth, but in the absence of stewards on Christmas morning it will be a private Mass. I should add that the Syro-Malabar community have organised the divine liturgy at 21.00 on Christmas eve. So we're nicely stocked, as below:
- Vigil Mass, 18.00, Christmas eve
- Syro-Malabar Holy Qurbana, 21.00, Christmas eve
- Midnight Mass, 00.00, Christmas day
- First day Mass, 8.00, Christmas day (private only)
- Second day Mass, 10.30, Christmas day
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