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Thursday – Solemnity of Mary, Mother of God (New Year’s Day) Gospel – Luke 2:16-21 Mother of Us All Church of Holy Sepulchre, Jerusalem I have a big secret to share, a really big one! Are you ready? Moms KNOW everything! I mean literally everything! Every event in every daughter and son’s life, good and bad, achievement and mis-step! They cherish them, feel them, hold each of them close to their heart as if they happened to her. Moms laugh and cry and suffer through every moment of their child’s life, no matter the age or circumstance. They know it all! They remember it all! They feel it all! Obviously that is not such a big secret, not at all. But perhaps the real secret is this – they don’t always let on what they are going through. Very often, they may laugh on the ouside, but inside they suffer silently, and they hope for us in the quiet of their hearts! Just as we were physically a par...