Mother of God and the following week Sunday, January 1 to Saturday, January 7 This week as per the dates above those of us in the Roman Church are celebrating the week of Mary Mother of God. The week began on New Year’s Day and is now known as the Solemnity of Mary Solemnity of…
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Epiphany 2023
It appears that the feast of the Epiphany, which was held in the East and in certain Western Churches before it was observed in Rome, was originally a celebration of the nativity. For those churches where it was observed, January 6 was the equivalent of Christmas (December 25) in the Roman Church. The feast was…
Magnificat II
Magnificat II Adapted from an Advent Study by Steve Barrington with extra material from Wikipedia and genius.com During the Christmas season, it is all too easy to become engrossed in the sanitized, domesticated, and safe Jesus. Christmas songs, manger scenes, farm animals, adorable infants, and the pressure to buy things and spend money are examples…
Magnificat
Maria schreibt das Magnificat /Mary Writing the Magnificat Last Sunday, the 4th Sunday in Advent Hope Uniting presented an Interactive Nativity Play, children presented adults with various items to wear while Scripture was read, and they did activities. The Annunciation was made by the angel Gabrial (My part) that Mary was to give birth to the…
Celtic and Old English Saints 27th October
27St. Odhran of IonaSt. Abban of WexfordSt. Colman of Senboth-FolaSs. Ia and Breacha of Cornwall – no informationSt. Athelstan of England – no information Celtic and Old English Saints 27th October St. Odhran of Iona Was born in Britain; and died c. 563. Otteran, the abbot of Meath, was one of the 12 who went…