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  • Will the Real January 1st Please Stand Up. A Homily For New Years Day and the Solemnity of...

    01/01/2014 2:36:54 AM PST · by markomalley · 10 replies
    Archdiocese of Washington ^ | 12/31/2013 | Msgr. Charles Pope
    This feast day, of January 1, is a very complex tapestry, both culturally in liturgically. Perhaps we can use the second reading by St. Paul to the Galatians as a way to weave through some of the many details. We can look at it in three parts.I. The Chronology of our celebration. The text from St. Paul’s letter to the Galatians says, When the fullness of time had come… Most people, both in the wider culture and in the Church are going about today saying, “Happy New Year!” And rightfully so, for it is the beginning of the new year....