2020 Virtual Sharing of the Oplatek

December 23, 2020

Thank you to everyone who attended our Virtual Sharing of the Oplatek on Friday, Dec. 18, 2020!

Please enjoy the following highlights and photos (screenshots!) from the event.

Prayer and Message from Fr. Timothy Whalen, PFA National Chaplain

A Polish Christmas Tradition: Sharing of the Oplatek

Remarks by Trish Del Busse, PFA National First Vice President

Ordinarily, we would walk around, share the Oplatek, hug, kiss and offer each other a very Merry Christmas and good wishes for the New Year. This year is quite different and very challenging in so many ways. But we are still gathering (even though virtually) and it is still the most wonderful time of the year!

I would like to offer a few reminders from books and movies:

The true spirit of Christmas lies in our hearts!
Seeing is believing, but sometimes the most real things in the world are the things we cannot see!
The best way to spread Christmas cheer is singing loud for all to hear!
Christmas isn’t just a day; it is a frame of mind!

Christmas gift suggestions:

To your enemy, forgiveness.
An opponent, tolerance.
To your friend, your heart.
A customer, service.
To all, charity.
To every child, a good example.
To yourself, respect.

Jesus is the reason, Christmas is the Birthday of our Lord.

And so, this Christmas season may our hearts with gladness glow, as we remember the blessed story that took place so long ago. This is Christmas: not the tinsel, not the giving and receiving, not even the carols, but the humble heart that receives anew the wondrous gift, the Christ child. Let us remember that the Christmas heart is a giving heart, a wide-open heart that thinks of others first.

John and I along with our family Wish you and yours a very Merry Christmas, Wesolych Swiat!

I usually wish a Happy, Healthy New Year, but this year, I will also add out with the old and in with the new!

Hopefully, 2021 will bring us much optimism, joy and prosperity. Instead of wishing for an extraordinary 2021, let’s pray for a somewhat ordinary 2021!

Czolem!