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« Reply #32 on: January 03, 2024, 05:44:56 PM »
December 28 is the Feast of the Holy Innocents.   
 
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« Reply #33 on: January 04, 2024, 03:45:43 PM »
Once again, many thanks for a very enjoyable thread.  It helps especially because my file for Christmas liturgy and devotion is sadly very thin.  I have a bit on the Christmas Octave; there is a little more on the 12 days of Christmas, mostly the English song (do you think it is true England forbade private Christmas celebration from 1558 to 1829?); and a bit about 40 days of Christmas (until Feb 2- Candlemas) in ancient times.  Can you suggest more sources of Christmas devotion (I give praise and thanks for all our wonderful caroles)?  Could you and others comment on the timing of your Christmas celebration?  Thanks again.
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« Reply #34 on: January 04, 2024, 04:35:28 PM »
What is the most popular Catholic Christmas tradition?   
Answer: Going to Midnight Mass   
 
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The Book of the Prophet Jeremiah Chapter 31 Verse 7   
For Yahweh says this: Shout with joy for Jacob! Hail the chief of nations!   
Proclaim! Praise! Shout, "Yahweh has saved his people, the remnant of Israel!"
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« Reply #35 on: January 04, 2024, 11:32:44 PM »
I too am greatly enjoying these.
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'Flores apparuerunt in terra nostra. . . Fulcite me floribus. (The flowers appear on the earth. . . stay me up with flowers. Sg 2:12,5)
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« Reply #36 on: January 05, 2024, 05:38:50 PM »
Quote from: eschator83 on January 04, 2024, 03:45:43 PM
Once again, many thanks for a very enjoyable thread.  It helps especially because my file for Christmas liturgy and devotion is sadly very thin.  I have a bit on the Christmas Octave; there is a little more on the 12 days of Christmas, mostly the English song (do you think it is true England forbade private Christmas celebration from 1558 to 1829?); and a bit about 40 days of Christmas (until Feb 2- Candlemas) in ancient times.  Can you suggest more sources of Christmas devotion (I give praise and thanks for all our wonderful caroles)?  Could you and others comment on the timing of your Christmas celebration?  Thanks again.
   
In 1558 Queen Elizabeth I of England took the throne.   
In 1559 the Act of Uniformity abolished the old worship.   
The open practice of Catholicism was forbidden by law.   
In 1647 the English parliament passed a law that made Christmas illegal.
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« Reply #37 on: January 08, 2024, 06:36:14 PM »
Luke did not say the angels heralding Jesus' birth sang.   
Rather, they were "praising God and saying, 'Glory to God in the highest.'"   
The Gospel According to St. Luke Chapter 2 Verses 13-14   
 
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« Reply #38 on: January 11, 2024, 03:47:47 PM »
What is the biblical symbol for Christmas?
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« Reply #39 on: January 26, 2024, 11:47:33 AM »
I'm hoping you'll tell us.
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« Reply #40 on: January 27, 2024, 05:48:53 PM »
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I'm hoping you'll tell us.
     
The star symbolizes the star that appeared in the sky at the birth of Jesus.   
 
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« Reply #41 on: March 07, 2024, 04:32:13 PM »
A lady stated that if the person began to read The Gospel According to St. Luke starting on December 1   
and read a chapter a day, he would know what Christmas was all about on Christmas Eve.   
The Gospel of Luke has 24 chapters.
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« Reply #42 on: December 24, 2024, 02:57:42 PM »
People began to sing Christmas carols around the 13th century making the celebration much brighter.   
 
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« Reply #43 on: December 27, 2024, 08:08:27 PM »
St. Stephen, First Martyr December 26   
St. Stephen, a disciple of Christ, chosen after the Ascension as one of the seven deacons, and full of grace 
and fortitude, was working great wonders and signs among the people.
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« Reply #44 on: December 28, 2024, 04:06:39 PM »
The feast day of Saint John the Evangelist is celebrated on December 27.   
The feast day honors his profound love for Christ.     
 
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« Reply #45 on: December 28, 2024, 04:18:42 PM »
Good King Wenceslaus was Wenceslaus I, Duke of Bohemia (907-935), who was not in fact a king.
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« Reply #46 on: December 29, 2024, 05:06:49 PM »
St. Wencelaus ora pro nobis.
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« Reply #47 on: December 31, 2024, 04:01:17 PM »
Some of the verses of O Come, All Ye Faithful are written by different people.   
 
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