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Quote/s of the Day – 25 December – Come let us adore Him!

Quote/s of the Day – 25 December – The Nativity of Our Lord, Christmas Day! “In the beginning was the Wordand the Word was with Godand the Word was God.The same was in the beginning with God.All things were made by Himand without Him, was made nothingwhich was made.In Him was Life and the Lifewas the Light of men.And the Light shines in darknessand the darkness did not comprehend it.” John…

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Quote/s of the Day – 25 December – LITTLE Jesus ... A Child My Choice

Quote/s of the Day – 25 December – LITTLE Jesus … A Child My Choice

Quote/s of the Day – 25 December – The Nativity of Our Lord, Christmas Day “Open wide your doorto the One Who comes.Open your soul,throw open the depths of your heartto see the riches of simplicity,the treasures of peace,the sweetness of grace.Open your heart and run to meetthe Sun of Eternal lightthat illuminates all men.” St Ambrose (340-397)Father and Doctor of the Church “Christ is the…

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The Nativity of Our Lord, Christmas Day and Memorials of the Saints - 25 December

The Nativity of Our Lord, Christmas Day and Memorials of the Saints – 25 December

The Nativity of Our Lord, Christmas Day!Celebration of the Anniversary of the Birth of Our Lord. In the earliest days of the Church there was no such Feast, the Saviour’s Birth was commemorated with the Epiphany by the Greek and other Eastern Churches. First mention of the Feast, then kept on 20 May, was made by Clement of Alexandria c 200. The Latin Church began in c 300 to observe it on 25…

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Our Morning Offering – 25 December – Nativity Song

Our Morning Offering – 25 December – Nativity Song

Our Morning Offering – 25 December – The Nativity of Our Lord, Christmas Day! – the Memorial of Blessed Jacopone da Todi OFM (1230-1306) Nativity SongBy Blessed Jacopone da Todi OFM (1230-1306) The beautiful Mother is bendingLow where her Baby liesHelpless and frail, for her tendingBut she knows the glorious eyes. The Mother smiles and rejoices,While the Baby laughs in the hay,She listens to…

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The Nativity of Our Lord, Christmas Day! and Memorials of the Saints - 25 December

The Nativity of Our Lord, Christmas Day!Celebration of the Anniversary of the Birth of Our Lord. In the earliest days of the Church there was no such Feast, the Saviour’s Birth was commemorated with the Epiphany by the Greek and other Eastern Churches. First mention of the Feast, then kept on 20 May, was made by Clement of Alexandria c 200. The Latin Church began in c 300 to observe it on 25…

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Vigil of the Nativity of the Lord, Nativity Song, Day Nine of the Christmas Novena to the Christ Child and Memorials of the Saints - 24 December

Vigil of the Nativity of the Lord, Nativity Song, Day Nine of the Christmas Novena to the Christ Child and Memorials of the Saints – 24 December

24 December – Vigil of the Nativity of the Lord/Mass at MidnightMidnight Mass is the first liturgy of Christmastide that is celebrated on the night of Christmas Eve, traditionally beginning at midnight when Christmas Eve gives way to Christmas Day. This popular Christmas custom is a jubilant celebration of the Mass in honour of the Nativity of Jesus Christ. Saint Thomas Aquinas wrote a…

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Quote/s of the Day – 11 December – Sweeping and cleaning our hearts

Quote/s of the Day – 11 December – Sweeping and cleaning our hearts

Quote/s of the Day – 11 December – Saturday of the Second week of Advent “Let us become like Christ,since Christ became like us.He assumed the worse,that He might give us the better;He became poor,that we through His poverty,might be rich.” St Gregory of Nazianzen (330-390)Father and Doctor of the Church “Those who refuse to be humble cannot be saved.They cannot say with the prophet:See, God…

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The Solemnity of the Nativity of the Lord, Jesus Christ, Mary of Salvation and Memorials of the Saints - 25 December

The Solemnity of the Nativity of the Lord, Jesus Christ, Mary of Salvation and Memorials of the Saints – 25 December

The Solemnity of the Nativity of the Lord, Jesus Christ –Celebration of the anniversary of the Birth of Our Lord. In the earliest days of the Church there was no such Feast, the Saviour’s Birth was commemorated with the Epiphany by the Greek and other Eastern Churches. First mention of the Feast, then kept on 20 May, was made by Clement of Alexandria c 200. The Latin Church began c 300 to observe…

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Quote/s of the Day – 25 December – A Child My Choice

Quote/s of the Day – 25 December – A Child My Choice

Quote/s of the Day – 25 December – The Solemnity of the Nativity of Our Lord, Jesus Christ and remembering Blessed Jacopone da Todi OFM (1230-1306) “Blessed is the Child,Who gladdened Bethlehem today.Blessed is the Babe,Who today renewed the youth of humankind.Blessed is the Fruit,Who bowed Himself down to our hunger.Blessed is the gracious One,Who suddenly enriched our povertyand supplied our…

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Saint of the Day - 25 December - Blessed Jacopone da Todi OFM (1230-1306)

Saint of the Day – 25 December – Blessed Jacopone da Todi OFM (1230-1306)

Saint of the Day – 25 December – Blessed Jacopone da Todi OFM (1230-1306) Franciscan Friar, Confessor, Hymnist, Poet, Mystic, Lawyer, – an Italian from Umbria in the 13th century. He wrote several laude (songs in praise of the Lord) in the local vernacular. He was an early pioneer in Italian theatre, being one of the earliest scholars who dramatised Gospel subjects. Born in c 1230 at Todi, Italy…