Posted on 12/25/2007 7:01:59 PM PST by Salvation
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It's just beginning today!
Catholic Culture invites you try out some of our suggested activities as you gather around the Christmas tree. We hope you will find some ideas that will enhance your family's celebration of this holy season. |
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Blessings hold a privileged place in the Church among all other sacramentals as they lead "the faithful to praise God and prepare them for the principal effect of the sacraments." Augustin Mayer, O.S.B. of the Congregation for Divine Worship |
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Merry Christmas to you too. Lots of things to do with the children or the grandchildren here! Try some!
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I have a 12 Days of Christmas Lapbook pdf file that I would be willing to share with anyone that is interested. Lapbooks, if your are unfamiliar, are a wonderful way to keep mini books of information gathered into one book. The kids can read and share them year after year. FReepmail if you’d like the file!
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That sounds great! Maybe some people here will be interested.
Enjoy your Christmas season!
The purest of Virgins gave us our God, who was this day born of her, clothed in the flesh of a Babe, and she was found worthy to feed him at her Breast: let us all adore Christ, who came to save us. Ye faithful people, let us all rejoice, for our Savior is born in our world: this Day there has been born the Son of the great Mother, and she yet a pure Virgin. O Queen of the world, and Daughter of a kingly race! Christ has risen from thy womb, as a Bridegroom coming from the bride-chamber: He that rules the stars lies in a Crib. Antiphon from the ancient Church of Gaul
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December 26, Feast of St. Stephen Saint Stephen is the first martyr of the Church, and is the patron of stonemasons, masons, bricklayers, deacons, headaches, and horses. His story comes from the Acts of the Apostles. He is usually pictured in deacon's vestments, holding the symbol of martyrdom, a palm branch. Sometimes he has a stone in his left hand, to indicate his death by stoning. He is depicted in many images wearing a wreath, which refers to the origin of his name, the Greek word Stephanos meaning "wreath." "If you know what witness means, you understand why God brings St. Stephen, St. John, and the Holy Innocents to the crib in the cave as soon as Christ is born liturgically. To be a witness is to be a martyr. Holy Mother Church wishes us to realize that we were born in baptism to become Christ He who was the world's outstanding Martyr." Love Does Such Things, by Rev. M. Raymond, O.C.S.O.
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December 27, Feast of Saint John St. John was born in Bethsaida, and like his brother James, was a fisherman. He was called while mending his nets to follow Jesus. He became the beloved disciple of Jesus. He wrote the fourth Gospel, three Epistles and the Apocalypse. His passages on the pre-existence of the Word, who by His Incarnation became the light of the world and life of our souls, are among the finest of the New Testament. He is the evangelist of the divinity of Christ and His fraternal love. With James, his brother and Simon Peter, he was one of the witnesses of the Transfiguration. At the Last Supper, he leans on the Master's breast. At the foot of the cross, Jesus entrusts His Mother to his care. John's pure life kept him very close to Jesus and Mary. In years to come John was exiled to the island of Patmos under Emperor Domitian, but lived to an old age. From the Daily Roman Missal
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I picked up a carved wooden redbird from the discounted Christmas merchandise. I collect redbird carvings and ornaments.
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