Spent all of Christmas eve in the 30 bed Intensive Care ward at UMC here in El Paso as the new head hospital chaplain for the first time in my three years here. The Holy Spirit works overtime through me in these moments to bring a message of care, concern, and love to the near dying, the broken bodies of car accidents, gunshot wound victims, the neglected of society, young women whose exterior beauty is no more but whose interior beauty is radiant, patients waiting for life giving surgery on Christmas day, elderly awaiting their moment with God at the portal, and to all the dedicated IMC staff like Elsa, Carmen, Jesse, Kathy, Daniela, Christy, Espe, Pat, Blanca, all the UMC guards, Jennifer, and so many more. May all of you have faith in how much God loves you all. It is 300am and I can hardly wait to celebrate Mass at the hospital at 400pm , today, the day of Christ's birth