Parish News (Page 40)

On the Ninth Day of Christmas…

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…

On the Eighth Day of Christmas…

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…