Blessings and prayers to all!

**Father Bill** · 24th December 11, 01:32 PM

As Christmas Eve spreads around the world and bumps into Christmas Day, every blessing to my Christian, Jewish, Muslim, Heathen, Atheist, Pagan, and every-other-variation friends.

Whatever your beliefs, here we bless one-another by our support and enthusiasm, and you have blessed me. I shall say a small prayer for our members, for Canada and Canadians, for Scotland and Scots, for all the nations and peoples of the world, and a special grin and remembrance for kilties and their friends everywhere.

Thank you for all of your encouragement and support. You help me through some bleak days, and I am grateful. Yours in faiths of many kinds, but at the second-highest feast day in the calendar of my own faith, I wish you, according to our customs, a Merry and Blessed Christmas!

Father Bill+

**cessna152towser** · 24th December 11, 01:34 PM

Blessings to you Father Bill.
As I type this on Christmas Eve I am about to get ready to go to church, we have coffee and mince pies followed by carol singing and the watchnight service. On Christmas morning I will attend the joint Christmas service in the big church in town here.

**Grizzly** · 24th December 11, 03:01 PM

Thank you Father Bill. My fraternal and sincere greetings and christmas wishes to all of our members and their families wheresoever they may be. May your God watch over you and keep you safe in the palm of his hand and may our brotherly and sisterly love and friendship continue for many years to come.

Merry Christmas to you all.

**sevenoaks** · 24th December 11, 03:49 PM

Our Blessings for this Season are sent your way Father. Your joy, humor and guidance has helped many on this site as I am sure many of your flock also.
In this day and age it takes a special person to walk the path you have chosen.
A very Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year.

Slainte math

**Bugbear** · 24th December 11, 03:51 PM

Thank you, Father Bill. Hope your Christmas is wonderful.

**CopperNGold** · 24th December 11, 07:50 PM

Blessings to you on this Christmas Eve, Father Bill. Your message is an important one, and I hope that more and more people around the world will take heed.

I admire your wisdom, grace and humor, which you have passed onto me and so many others on XMarks. Have a very Merry Christmas and a wonderful New Year.

Cheers,

Jocelyn

**piperdbh** · 24th December 11, 08:16 PM

Remember us as you say Mass tomorrow, good Father.

And remember, violet is gone for a while. Time to break out the whites!

**Mael Coluim** · 25th December 11, 05:15 AM

**flyingshamrock** · 25th December 11, 07:01 AM

A Very Merry Christmas to you as well Father Bill. May our heavenly Father pour out his blessings on you and all of our kilted brothers on this very special day, for today, Christ Is Born!!!

**James Hood** · 26th December 11, 11:52 AM

Thank you, Father Bill. A blessing to and prayers for all the XMTS Rabble as well.

Had privilege of being a musician in our church's first Christmas Mass, almost 2000 people in a church which maxes out at about 1400. So good to share the spirit of this holy season.

Bumper sticker of the year seen at an ethnic deli in metro Chicago:

"God Bless Everyone In The World, No Exceptions"