Fifth day within the Octave of Christmas
1 John 2:3-11 / Luke 2:22-35
On this fifth day in the octave of Christmas, the Church celebrates the optional memorial of St. Thomas Becket, bishop and martyr.
29th December - 5th day - Thomas Becket
On this fifth day in the octave of Christmas, the Church celebrates the optional memorial of St. Thomas Becket, bishop and martyr.
28th December, Holy Innocents, Martyrs
1 John 1:5 - 2:2 / Matthew 2:13-18
The first day of Christmas, the Church celebrated the martyrdom of St. Stephen, the first Christian to witness to Christ with his life.
27th December, St. John, Evangelist
1 John 1:1-4 / John 20:2-8
According to tradition, St. John was subjected to torture by being plunged into a pot of boiling oil but he miraculously survived, whereas the other apostles were martyred.
26th December: St. Stephen, First Martyr
Acts 6:8-10; 7:54-59 . Matthew 10:17-22
We are still very much in a festive mood, with Christmas carols like "Silent Night, Holy Night" and "Joy to the world" still ringing in our heads and maybe we are still bloated from all the feasting.
Christmas - Stories and Illustrations
Collection from Fr. Tony Kadavil and Others
1) Origin of the
Christmas celebration: Many scholars believe that Christmas
came to be placed on December 25th in order to counteract a pagan
celebration called the Birth of the
Unconquered Sun, a feast established
by the Roman Emperor, Aurelian, in AD 274.
Since December 25th was around the date of the winter
solstice (the year’s shortest day, after which the days begin to lengthen again
showing the victory of the sun over darkness), it was chosen as the date of
rejoicing. When Christianity was
approved as the official religion of the Roman Empire, the Church chose this
day to celebrate the birth of the true Sun
– the Son of God Who conquers the power of darkness.
Christmas 2018-Liturgical Prayers
Greeting (See Second Reading)
In our own time God has spoken to us
through his own Son,
the radiant light of God's glory
through whom he made everything.
May this Son, Jesus the Lord, be with you.
R/ And also with you.
In our own time God has spoken to us
through his own Son,
the radiant light of God's glory
through whom he made everything.
May this Son, Jesus the Lord, be with you.
R/ And also with you.
Christmas 2018
At the outset let me express my sincere and prayerful wishes of the Nativity of the Lord. May the promises of hope, joy, peace, love of his birth be fulfilled in each of us now and always.
John Littleton
Christmas has finally Come. We rejoice that the Word has become flesh, that God the Son has become human while remaining divine. There is no more waiting because the Messiah has arrived and now is the time liberation from our enslavement to sin. But this is n surprising since, in the Hebrew Scriptures ( Christians call the Old Testament), this arrival had b prophesied for many centuries before the birth of Christ.
John Littleton
Christmas has finally Come. We rejoice that the Word has become flesh, that God the Son has become human while remaining divine. There is no more waiting because the Messiah has arrived and now is the time liberation from our enslavement to sin. But this is n surprising since, in the Hebrew Scriptures ( Christians call the Old Testament), this arrival had b prophesied for many centuries before the birth of Christ.
Dec 17-22: Weekday Reflections
Dec 17 Monday: Mt
1:1-17: 1 The book of the genealogy of Jesus Christ, the son of David, the son
of Abraham.
My MOM ....
TO ALL HUMANS
1) My first restaurant => my mother's breast
2) My first toilet => my mother's laps
3) My first school => Mom's kitchen
4) My first teacher => my mother
5) My first doctor => it's my mom
6) My first thermometer => my mother's fingers
7) My first friend => it's my mom
8) My first dresser => it's my mom
9) My first vehicle => my mom's back
10) My first lawyer => *it's my mom.
Thank you mom for all you did for giving me life
Long live to all mothers
A mother can easily maintain 6 children, but why is it difficult for 6 children to maintain a mother?
To all the moms of the world
1) My first restaurant => my mother's breast
2) My first toilet => my mother's laps
3) My first school => Mom's kitchen
4) My first teacher => my mother
5) My first doctor => it's my mom
6) My first thermometer => my mother's fingers
7) My first friend => it's my mom
8) My first dresser => it's my mom
9) My first vehicle => my mom's back
10) My first lawyer => *it's my mom.
Thank you mom for all you did for giving me life
Long live to all mothers
A mother can easily maintain 6 children, but why is it difficult for 6 children to maintain a mother?
To all the moms of the world
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