
Ordinary Time Glows by the Light of Christmas Time
Christmas may well be one of those childish trifles we’re expected to put away when we grow up – but why then does the wish strangely persist?
Christmas may well be one of those childish trifles we’re expected to put away when we grow up – but why then does the wish strangely persist?
Candlemas is still observed with public, Christmas-esque celebrations throughout the world, including in Peru, Puerto Rico, France, and Belgium.
“‘Arise, shine; for your light has come.’ Today, the Solemnity of Epiphany … in pointing to the light the prophet is pointing to Christ. As it shone for the shepherds seeking the newborn Messiah, so this light shines today on the path of the Magi.’ —Pope Benedict XVI
Happily, the Church does not so readily drop the curtain and dismantle the stage on Christmas.
Chesterton had the good sense to treat Christmas as if it were the very center of history
Venerable Sheen emphasized that religion is “fundamentally a response, rather than an initiative on the part of man.”
SCRIPTURES & ART: Sandro Botticelli wants to open your eyes to a vision of faith about the reality of Christmas Day.
The Pope began his ‘Urbi et Orbi’ address with a reflection on the Christ Child and prayed for peace in ‘the Middle East and the whole world.’
Christ came to unseat the kings, so that true hearts might find their sanctuary in him, the true and lasting king.
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