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Our Christmas Mission
The Child in the manger sends us out to announce his presence, Msgr. Roger Landry reminds us. COMMENTARY: Christmas is a celebration when the Church seeks to renew in every …
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The story behind Italy’s favorite Christmas carol
The Shrine of Santa Maria della Consolazione in Deliceto, Italy, where St. Alphonsus Liguori was inspired to write and compose the famous Italian Christmas carol, “Tu Scendi dalle Stelle,” in 1744. …
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The story behind Italy’s favorite Christmas carol
By Hannah Brockhaus Rome Newsroom, Dec 25, 2025 / 06:00 am If you spend any part of Christmas in Italy, you are sure to hear one of the country’s most …
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Merry Christmas!
[Editor’s Note: The passage below is from Divine Intimacy by Father Gabriel of St. Mary Magdalen, O.C.D (Baronius Press), originally published in 1963. Merry Christmas!] God is charity: He has …
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The Nativity of The Lord – Christmas
The Nativity of The Lord – Christmas Feast date: Dec 25 The word for Christmas in late Old English is Cristes Maesse, the Mass of Christ, first found in 1038, …
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“He has burst out of all things and broken the bounds of eternity”
Detail from “Theotokos of Vladimir” (c. 1100/Wikipedia) Readings:• Isa 52:7-10• Psa 98:1, 2-3, 3-4, 5-6.• Heb 1:1-6• Jn 1:1-18 “There has fallen on earth for a token/A god too great …
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“God from God, Light from light, true God from true God …”
Detail from “The Mystical Nativity” (c.1500) by Sandro Botticelli [WikiArt.org] Editor’s note: This homily was preached, in slightly different form, at the Church of the Holy Innocents, Manhattan, on Christmas …
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The Nativity of the Lord (Christmas)
In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God. He was in the beginning with God. All things came …
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The Nativity of the Lord (Christmas)
When the angels went away from them to heaven,the shepherds said to one another, “Let us go, then, to Bethlehemto see this thing that has taken place, which the Lord has made …
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The Nativity of the Lord (Christmas)
In those days a decree went out from Caesar Augustusthat the whole world should be enrolled.This was the first enrollment, when Quirinius was governor of Syria.So all went to be enrolled, …