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« Reply #48 on: January 02, 2025, 07:34:36 AM »
A favorite Christmas carol!

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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 #49 on: January 02, 2025, 04:51:38 PM »
The tradition of three different Masses for Christmas dates back at least to the 6th century.   
The three Christmas Masses (midnight, dawn, and during the day) originated in Rome around the year 330.
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« Reply #50 on: January 03, 2025, 05:57:37 PM »
Bells point to the Good News of Christ's birth, the ultimate message of hope and salvation.
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« Reply #51 on: January 09, 2025, 03:56:57 PM »
There does not have to be a Midnight Mass. There is no mandated Mass at midnight.   
 
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« Reply #52 on: January 11, 2025, 04:16:17 PM »
During the period of the twelfth to the sixteenth centuries all the arts and crafts of the Christian nations   
were made serviceable to the festivities associated with the Nativity of the Savior.
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« Reply #53 on: December 24, 2025, 02:06:25 PM »
Midnight Mass is unique because it symbolizes the transition from darkness to light,     
mirroring the nativity story when Christ was born in the quiet of the night.       
 
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« Reply #54 on: December 27, 2025, 05:42:45 PM »
Midnight Mass marks the transition from darkness to light, echoing Christ's birth as the light of the world.
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« Reply #55 on: December 30, 2025, 04:40:40 PM »
The Gospel for the Mass at Dawn on Christmas morning is taken from Luke's Gospel   
with the shepherds' visit to the Infant Jesus.
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« Reply #56 on: January 01, 2026, 04:14:29 PM »
The Christmas Mass of the Day is celebrated in the fullness of daylight, signifying that the promised   
Son of God has now been revealed to the whole world.   
The Gospel reading is a call for all people and nations to worship the newborn King of Kings.   
 
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« Reply #57 on: January 02, 2026, 04:53:42 PM »
The word "Christmas" is derived from the Middle English word Cristemasse, 
which comes from the Old English Cristes Maesse, a phrase which means   
"Christ's Mass" and was first recorded in 1038.
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