{"id":69903,"date":"2025-12-24T22:09:07","date_gmt":"2025-12-24T22:09:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/69903\/"},"modified":"2025-12-24T22:09:07","modified_gmt":"2025-12-24T22:09:07","slug":"bishop-celebrates-mass-at-st-peters-cathedral-in-scranton","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/69903\/","title":{"rendered":"Bishop celebrates Mass at St. Peter&#8217;s Cathedral in Scranton"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The Most Rev. Joseph C. Bambera, bishop of Scranton \u2014 reflecting on the message \u201cGod is here, everywhere\u201d \u2014 celebrated the Pontifical Vigil Mass of Christmas on Christmas Eve at St. Peter\u2019s Cathedral in downtown Scranton. \u201cMy friends, for all the upheaval that we confront in our lives, the good news and blessing of Christmas is that \u2018God is here, everywhere,\u2019\u2009\u201d the bishop said in his message. \u201cHe has already provided us a way forward with hope if we are wise and humble enough to trust in his presence, to embrace the message of salvation born in Bethlehem, and to walk with him as faithful disciples, making the pattern of his life our own for the sake of a broken world.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" lazyautosizes lazyload\" alt=\"A nativity scene is set up during Christmas Eve Pontifical Mass on at St. Peter's Cathedral in Scranton Wednesday, December 24, 2025. (SEAN MCKEAG \/ STAFF PHOTOGRAPHER)\" width=\"2400\" data- src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/STT-L-CHRISTMAS-CAPST-1226-02.jpg\" data-attachment-id=\"1506420\" \/>A nativity scene is set up during Christmas Eve Pontifical Mass on at St. Peter\u2019s Cathedral in Scranton Wednesday, December 24, 2025. (SEAN MCKEAG \/ STAFF PHOTOGRAPHER)<br \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" lazyautosizes lazyload\" alt=\"The Christmas Eve Pontifical Mass begins at St. Peter's Cathedral in Scranton Wednesday, December 24, 2025. (SEAN MCKEAG \/ STAFF PHOTOGRAPHER)\" width=\"2400\" data- src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/STT-L-CHRISTMAS-CAPST-1226-05.jpg\" data-attachment-id=\"1506421\" \/>The Christmas Eve Pontifical Mass begins at St. Peter\u2019s Cathedral in Scranton Wednesday, December 24, 2025. (SEAN MCKEAG \/ STAFF PHOTOGRAPHER)<br \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" lazyautosizes lazyload\" alt=\"The evening sun shines through the windows of St. Peter's Cathedral in Scranton during the Christmas Eve Pontifical Mass Wednesday, December 24, 2025. (SEAN MCKEAG \/ STAFF PHOTOGRAPHER)\" width=\"2400\" data- src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/STT-L-CHRISTMAS-CAPST-1226-03.jpg\" data-attachment-id=\"1506422\" \/>The evening sun shines through the windows of St. Peter\u2019s Cathedral in Scranton during the Christmas Eve Pontifical Mass Wednesday, December 24, 2025. (SEAN MCKEAG \/ STAFF PHOTOGRAPHER)<br \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" lazyautosizes lazyload\" alt=\"Bishop Joseph Bambera, right, leads the Christmas Eve Pontifical Mass on at St. Peter's Cathedral in Scranton Wednesday, December 24, 2025. (SEAN MCKEAG \/ STAFF PHOTOGRAPHER)\" width=\"2400\" data- src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/STT-L-CHRISTMAS-CAPST-1226-01.jpg\" data-attachment-id=\"1506423\" \/>Bishop Joseph Bambera, right, leads the Christmas Eve Pontifical Mass on at St. Peter\u2019s Cathedral in Scranton Wednesday, December 24, 2025. (SEAN MCKEAG \/ STAFF PHOTOGRAPHER)<br \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" lazyautosizes lazyload\" alt=\"A parishioner kneels in the pews of St. Peter's Cathedral in Scranton during the Christmas Eve Pontifical Mass Wednesday, December 24, 2025. (SEAN MCKEAG \/ STAFF PHOTOGRAPHER)\" width=\"2400\" data- src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/STT-L-CHRISTMAS-CAPST-1226-04.jpg\" data-attachment-id=\"1506424\" \/>A parishioner kneels in the pews of St. Peter\u2019s Cathedral in Scranton during the Christmas Eve Pontifical Mass Wednesday, December 24, 2025. 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