Two turtle doves represents the The Old and New Testaments.
1st Day of Christmas
The “partridge in a pear tree” represents Christ. The “True Love” one hears in the song is not a boy or girlfriend but Jesus Christ, because truly Love was born on Christmas Day. The partridge in the pear tree also represents Him because that bird is willing to sacrifice its life if necessary to protect its young by feigning injury to draw away predators.
The songs gifts are hidden meanings to the teachings of the faith. The “true love” mentioned in the song doesn’t refer to an earthly suitor, it refers to God Himself. The “me” who receives the presents refers to every baptized person. The partridge in a pear tree is Jesus Christ, the Son of God. In the song, Christ is symbolically presented as a mother partridge which feigns injury to decoy predators from her helpless nestlings, much in memory of the expression of Christ’s sadness over the fate of Jerusalem: “Jerusalem! Jerusalem! How often would I have sheltered thee under my wings, as a hen does her chicks, but thou wouldst not have it so…”
Merry Christmas – God Is With Us
God chose us. The amazing grace of the Incarnation is that God pushed himself into the family of man even though we are broken, flawed and sinful.
“and the Word became flesh and dwelt among us.” – from the prologue of John’s Gospel
If the Word truly dwelt among us, then he was part of a family that, like most, was fairly dysfunctional, a mix of the good and bad, the saintly and the sinful, the glorious and the not so glorious. And this is such good news for us. -Father Barron
“The words of Thomas Jefferson defined our nation; the words of Abraham Lincoln strengthened its resolve at a time of unprecedented crisis; the words of Martin Luther King effected a moral revolution; the words of Winston Churchill turned back an evil empire. Words–even puny human words–pack enormous power. Imagine the power of God’s Word, made flesh in Jesus Christ. It unleashed a force that, 2000 years later, continues to change the world. Christmas is the day when we celebrate that power.” – Father Barron
We are made for God, we are meant for Him, to respond to Him.
Santa Lifts Off
Don’t forget the Santa Tracker
Oh Radiant Dawn
One of the O Antiphon – Inspired by the Prophet Isaiah
O Radiant Dawn, splendor of eternal light, sun of justice:
Come,
shine on those who
dwell in darkness and the shadow of death.
Christ is the dawn,
He is the light
the sun that brings the dawn
“Rosa Mystica” sung by the ND folk choir
Rosa Mystica
There is no rose of such virtue
As was the rose that bare Jesu: Alleluia!
For in that rose contained was heav’n and earth
In little space: Res miranda! [thing of wonder]
By that rose we well may see
There be One God in Persons Three: Pares Forma! [incomparable, perfect form]
The angels sang, the shepherds, too:
Gloria in excelsis Deo! Gaudeamus! [let us rejoice]
Leave we all this worldly mirth,
And follow we this joyful birth: Transeamus! [let us go over]
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Rosa Mystica
The name “rosary” comes from the flower, the rose, which in medieval times was seen as a symbol of life eternal. Mary, the first to be redeemed by Christ, has been called the Mystical Rose. She reminds us we are called to the eternal life of Paradise.
Immaculata
whole being is “a yes to love, a yes to God”
greatest assertion is to be loved
to be protected by Mary teaches us to be more humble
then we can welcome the embrace of her Son
His embrace is Life, Hope, and Peace
the glory of God is…
The most oft-cited quote from Saint Irenaeus is from the fourth book of the Adversus Haereses and it runs as follows:
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| Born | AD 130 Smyrna in Asia Minor (modern-day ?zmir, Turkey) |
| Died | AD 202 (aged 72) Lugdunum in Gaul (modern-day Lyons, France) |
The Art Of Being Yourself
First lets just pause for a moment and embrace her SWAGG. She’s really orig! So I think she knows what shes talking about when she says be yourself and you’ll be a blazing star.