Christmas
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Tuesday, December 11th, 2012For the person who has everything. The one thing you can never get enough of (at least in this life) is holiness.Why not give the “Spiritual Gift Pack” for the friend or family member who is progressing steadily in their spiritual journey? This excellent collection includes Ralph Martin’s modern classic The Fulfillment of all Desire and its accompanying Study [...]
Christmas and Culture
Friday, December 17th, 2010“If human beings were fish, media would be the sea in which we swim.” This quote from Dr. Eugene Gan’s new book, Infinite Bandwith: Encountering Christ in the Media, is especially true as we approach Christmas. It’s almost impossible to find a radio station that is refraining from playing Christmas tunes continuously, and ABC Family’s “25 Days [...]
Glory to God in the Highest!
Thursday, December 25th, 2008From all of the staff at Catholics United for the Faith, we wish you and yours a blessed Christmas! On this beautiful feast day, a word from Pope St. Leo the Great (found in the Lay Witness archives): This is the day our Savior was born: What a joy for us, my beloved! This is [...]
Magnificent
Monday, December 22nd, 2008Jeff Ziegler suggests Botticelli’s Madonna of the Magnificat for our contemplation as we approach Christmas. Here’s just one beautiful detail: the Christ Child’s hand on top of His mother’s hand, as she writes the Magnificat. Jeff points us to the Web Gallery of Art, which has the full image, as well as some notes on [...]
Now That’s a Christmas Tree
Tuesday, December 16th, 2008The Vatican is decorating for Christmas. That includes a HUGE Christmas tree in St. Peter’s Square. The AP reports: The Vatican says the 109-foot (33-meter) red spruce from Austria’s Piesting Valley is the tallest since Pope John Paul II started the tradition of setting up a tree in the square in 1982. . . . [...]
Family Resources for Advent and Christmas
Monday, December 1st, 2008Over at CUF.org, we’ve collected some family activities and blessings, along with a few great articles, to help you have a fruitful Advent and a blessed Christmas. Advent and Christmas Crafts and Activities
O Christmas Tree, O Christmas Tree
Thursday, January 10th, 2008If you’ve ever wondered, debated, or even argued about how long to leave your Christmas decorations up, this item from CUF’s director of Catholic Responses, Eric Stoutz, is for you. What he sketches out can not only help us answer that question, but it can also teach us about living the liturgical seasons.
Joy to the World
Tuesday, December 25th, 2007“Dearly beloved, today our Savior is born; let us rejoice. Sadness should have no place on the birthday of life. The fear of death has been swallowed up; life brings us joy with the promise of eternal happiness. “No one is shut out from this joy; all share the same reason for rejoicing. Our Lord, [...]
Christmas Eve
Monday, December 24th, 2007When you think about it, doesn’t “Christmas Eve” sound like an apt title for the Blessed Virgin Mary? As Christmas day rapidly approaches, I thought our readers would appreciate a snippet of a sermon by St. Augustine, which is the reading for today’s Office of Readings (matins) in the Church’s liturgy: “Awake, mankind! For your sake [...]
Bethlehem Happened
Friday, December 21st, 2007In case you haven’t heard, Dr. Rowan Williams, Archbishop of Canterbury, recently made the news for his comment that the account of the Magi is but “legend” and for calling into question other aspects of the Christmas story. Some observations: (a) Dr. Williams’ apparent desire to “debunk” aspects of the Gospel narratives is not unique to [...]
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