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crazy66coolie
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Posted: Tue Dec 25th, 2007 06:18 am |
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Hi guys
Just to say 'Merry and blessed Christmas!' and I hope you have a nice day today!
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Neil xxx
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BodRod
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Posted: Tue Dec 25th, 2007 06:48 am |
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| And a Merry Christmas right back at you! I just got back from mid-night Mass and it was GREAT!!!
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Kayla
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Posted: Tue Dec 25th, 2007 07:10 am |
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Merry Christmas!!!!
Like Cliff, I've just returned home from midnight Mass... ahhh, it was wonderful! Merry Christmas, all!
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tedjenczewski
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Posted: Tue Dec 25th, 2007 09:51 pm |
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| Merry Christmas to you all. Blessed be the holy name of Jesus.
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Pani Rose
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Posted: Tue Dec 25th, 2007 10:43 pm |
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CHRIST IS BORN! GLOIFY HIM!
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EMarshallBuckles
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Posted: Wed Dec 26th, 2007 02:51 am |
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| Well, my wife, daughter and I went to Christmas Eve service at Hebron Presbyterian Church in Manakin-Sabot, VA and to Christmas Day Holy Eucharist at St. Stephen's Episcopal Church in Richmond, VA, however, I thought of all here on the forums and prayed for God's blessings upon you all! I also watched the live Midnight Mass, on EWTN, from Rome! I give thanks for all of the Christmas Eve and Christmas Day services in worship of our Lord Jesus Christ and in celebration of His birth! Alleluia! AMEN!
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crazy66coolie
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Posted: Sat Dec 29th, 2007 07:53 am |
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Hello, guys!
My wife and I have had a blessed Christmas, visiting families and so on. A peaceful one of course.
Out of curiosity, can I ask if it is true that St. Stephen, the first Martyr, was actually killed on 26th December? It's jsut that when I received a daily Euarcheist (sorry, poor spelling!) reading from One Body One Bread Ministry via email, I was surprised to learn new things about various saints, e.g. St. Stephen.
My wife also explained to me recently that when she visited Austria with her family, she found out that the people there doesn't celebrate on Christmas Day, as they do on Christmas Eve. We are both curious whether it is to do with their culture or them being Catholics. Can anyone help me with that?
Look forward to hearing from you soon. You guys are always in my prayers.
God bless you.
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Neil xx
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sewnsew
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Posted: Sat Dec 29th, 2007 11:37 am |
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| probably more to do with being Catholic- French Canadians celebrate Christmas eve too as do most Hispanic families here on the border
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Posted: Sat Dec 29th, 2007 12:28 pm |
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crazy66coolie wrote: Out of curiosity, can I ask if it is true that St. Stephen, the first Martyr, was actually killed on 26th December?
Probably not. We don't know when Jesus was born. There is evidence it was probably in the spring. The early Church celebrated his birth at the winter solstice which represents the return of light to the world. St. Stephen as the first martyr was given the honor of being assigned a feast on the day after the celebration of the Savior's birth since he was the first recorded to have died for the faith after Jesus himself.
Today, feast days are normally (but not always) assigned to the day of death. Records of such things were not kept back then.
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JasPax
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Posted: Sat Dec 29th, 2007 03:00 pm |
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CajunRick wrote:
Probably not. We don't know when Jesus was born. There is evidence it was probably in the spring. The early Church celebrated his birth at the winter solstice which represents the return of light to the world.
I recently heard that Josef Ratzinger (Pope Benedict XVI), wrote that the feast day of John the Baptist on June 24 illustrates John's words that he must decrease (summer solstice-days become shorter), while the birth of Jesus is celebrated at the winter solstice (He must increase - days beome longer).
It also may have something to do with the early Christians inviting the pagans to leave their wild winter celebration and, "come celebrate with us!" That's good missionary work. We can learn from this. Goodness knows, there are plenty of pagans about these days!
Either way, the fact of the Incarnation is the important thing!!!!
Happy New Year!
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Posted: Sat Dec 29th, 2007 04:10 pm |
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| St Jean Baptiste day is huge at home- for us it was always the first day or our sommer holidays- but there were parades etc.
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