Monthly Archives: December 2025

The general consensus on yesterday’s question about meat was a solid and resounding “NO!”

The leftover brisket and tenderloin waited patiently for me in the fridge until midnight.

Can anyone in the readership clarify whether meat is allowed on the Friday in the Octave of Christmas?

Shoot me an email if you’ve got a definitive anawer.

harvey@harveymillican.com

From my family to yours, Merry Christmas!

From the Introit of the Mass:

“This day you shall know that the Lord will come, and save us: and in the morning you shall see His glory.”

Four candles have burned down to waxy nubs. Our Lord is almost here!

I feel a touch of that anguish that St. Joseph must have felt as he scrambled through the streets of Bethlehem searching for a place for the Blessed Mother of God and the Savior of the World to dwell. Me? I’m just wondering where I put the sherry for that mushroom bisque I’m making for the dinner tomorrow. That’s kind of the same thing, right? I did say a touch; not all the anguish. 

May your day be filled with the joy of that Child Who comes to us defenseless, out of love for us – pure love.

May His Holy Mother, the CO-REDEMPTRIX, keep you close to her Immaculate Heart.

May St. Joseph, her most chaste spouse, protect you.

https://youtu.be/EHKORmpW4Cg?si=7QXuVD5YXxqrXaB6

I mentioned the high temps already. What else could make this Christmas truly Texan?…

Saw a headline that read “North Texas has only hit 80° on Christmas Day twice in 130 years. This year will mark the third time.”

I sense I should have been praying for snow this whole time.

Fourth Sunday of Advent, Collect from the Mass:

“Put forth Thy power, O Lord, we beseech Thee, and delay not: and with Thy great might come to our aid, so that what is hindered by our sins may be hastened by Thy merciful goodness. Qui vivis et regnas…”