Just as the Feast of the Seven Fishes is an Americanization of an Italian tradition, many of the things we do during the holidays can be traced back to earlier Emigrants. Christmas Trees are from German. Long before the Irish Potato Famine, Irish settlers came to America, bringing with them traditions from home. Traces of those traditions can still be seen today.
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A Fantasy Feast for Christmas Eve
Today is Christmas Eve. Christmas, the season of Believing in all Things. For God so loved the world, He became Man for our salvation.
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Once again, the observance of Advent and the celebration of Hanukkah share the spot light. Last year the first night of Hanukkah and the first Sunday of Advent were the same day. This year the last Sunday of Advent and the first night of Hanukkah are joined.
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Today is the final Ember Days of Advent. Ember Days were meant as a way to give thanks to the Lord, our God, for all He has done for us. Blessings aren’t always easily recognized.
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Fridays, all Fridays throughout the year, are days of Penance within the Universal Catholic Church. Once upon a time, the form of that Penance was to abstain from meats. Today the Penance of Fridays takes on a personal choice. One thing that has not changed is the need for Prayer.
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Today is the first Wednesday following the Feast of Saint Lucia and the Festival of Lights. It marks the first Ember Days of Advent in the Catholic Calendar of old.
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Today is the Feast Day of Saint Lucia, one of the earliest Christian Martyrs. She was killed by the Romans in 304 EC for no other reasons by her religious beliefs. In many parts of the world, the Feast of Saint Lucia and the Festival of Lights signal the beginning of the Christmas Season.
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Our Lady of Guadalupe is often referred to as the Patroness of the Americas. In many of the Catholic Churches throughout North and Central America her image, be it a painting or statue, is displayed somewhere on the parish grounds if not the church itself. This is especially true in California, with a large Mexican population.
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Rejoice! For God is with us. On the Third Sunday of Advent, we turn toward the promise of God’s Kingdom on earth. We believe He will come again, and this knowledge fills the faithful with untold joy.
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From the beginning, God had a plan. He knew when he created Adam and Eve that they would fall from His grace. He knew that salvation would require sacrifice. And so He had a plan, one that began with a woman.
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Today is the Feast Day of Saint Nicholas. In many parts of the world, children receive gifts on this day. When Kiddo was growing up, it was a special day in our house. We celebrated all the commercial aspects of Christmas on December 6, leaving Christmas to a day reserved for Christ.
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Peace be with you. And with your spirit. Peace I leave you. My peace I give you. Peace is more than just a greeting among the faithful. It is a hope and a prayer as well as a promise from above. On this, the Second Sunday of Advent, the focus is Peace.
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Here we are, the first Friday of December. Wow – December! Where did 2022 go? For that matter, where did the last two years go? It sure has been a wild and crazy ride. The world seems to be spinning out of control and it’s making me dizzy.
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Our Lady of Beauraing, or the Virgin of the Golden Heart, tells us of an event that took place in Beauraing, Belgium in the winter of 1932 involving five children. The children range in ages of between 9 and 15 at the time.
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In the Catholic Church, reading of scripture for Sunday Mass are divided into three cycles (Cycle A the Gospel of Matthew, B the Gospel of Mark, and C the Gospel of Luke with John scattered throughout). Weekday readings are in two cycles, Cycle I for odd years, the Cycle II for even years. In that way, the entire Bible is read every three years and then repeated.
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