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Why Was He Named Jesus & Not Emmanuel? – Msgr. Charles Pope, Community in Mission
The Forgotten Story of Mary’s Midwife – Philip Kosloski, Aleteia
Caspar, Balthasar & Melchior? Where Did Their Names Come From? – Fr. Dwight Longenecker
Christmas: A Bad Time for Addicts & Alcoholics? Faith Is the Answer – Bob Kurland Ph.D., The American Catholic
Without Jesus, There is No Christmas, Says Pope Francis – Carol Glatz, Catholic Herald
Where Did the Holy Family Go In Egypt? – Billy Ryan, uCatholic
Keep Christ in Christmas – Donald R. McClarey J.D., The American Catholic
About Those Christmas Animals – Ray Sullivan, Catholic Lane
Counting Christmas: Celebrating the Twelfth Night – R. Jared Staudt, Crisis Magazine
Blessed John Duns Scotus: A Christmas Theology of Love – David Torkington, Catholic Stand
Tolkien’s Birthday – Charles A. Coulombe, The Anglicanorum Cœtibus Society Blog
Parishioners Heartbroken On Closure of Church Before Christmas – David V. Barrett, Catholic Herald
Persevering This Christmas – James Hooper, Catholic Stand
Quæritur: Are Blessings, Holy Water, Etc., Less Effective if Latin Isn’t Used – Fr. Z’s Blog
T.S. Eliot & Dreading Christmas – Patrick Malone, Catholic Stand
The Year of Paul VI – P.J. Smith, Semiduplex
A Christmas Carol, Luigi Taparelli, Economics & Almsgiving – Gene Van Son, Catholic Stand
Birth Into the Covenant – Fr. Hugh Barbour O. Præm., Catholic Answers Magazine
In the “Presents” of God – Carol Monaco, Catholic Stand
‘Wyle New Year Watz So Yep That Hit Watz Newe Cummen. . .’ – A Clerk of Oxford
Making the Traditional Mass Your New Year’s Resolution – Brian Williams, Liturgy Guy
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