Here’s a fun article on the origin of 12 Christmas traditions! Just in case you missed any days:
O magnum mysterium is a responsorial chant from the Matins prayer service for Christmas. Listen HERE. It is translated: O great mystery, and wonderful sacrament, that animals should see the newborn Lord, lying in a manger! Blessed is the virgin whose womb was worthy to bear the Lord, Jesus Christ. Alleluia! Just in case you…
Happy New Year – may we step into it in peace and love! “The lamb with the lion” – often a paraphrase from Isaiah, and more closely quoted as “the wolf and lamb”, “a child will lead them”, and the like – are an artistic and symbolic device, most generally related to peace. The symbol is used in…
2018 marked the 200th anniversary of the beloved carol Silent Night. Watch the video below about its origins and continuing impact every Christmas. Just in case you missed any days:
What’s this 12 Days of Christmas thing really all about?
Come continue the Christmas celebration at 9:30 am for a service of Lessons & Carols with Holy Eucharist. Just in case you missed any days:
The Holy Innocents God be with all the children suffering under the threat of tyranny, warfare, and abuse in this and every age. Herod the king, in his raging, Chargèd he hath this day His men of might in his own sight All young children to slay. — from the Coventry Carol Just…
Presiding Bishop Curry’s Christmas Message 2018 In the Third Chapter of John’s Gospel, Jesus says at one point, “God so loved the world that he gave his only begotten Son, that all who believe in him should not perish but have everlasting life.” For years, I’ve often thought that that passage only referred to Jesus…
Today is – wait for it – FRUITCAKE DAY! Here are the rules for the traditional Holiday sport, “Pass the Fruitcake.” Artist – Sandra Boynton Just in case you missed any days:
Christmastide is the perfect time to keep reading Nativity books! Click below for an annotated list of great picture books to check out. Just in case you missed yesterday: