by Faith Central & Steve Welsh
“‘To celebrate #Mary as Mother of #God and our mother at the beginning of the new year means recalling a certainty that will accompany our days,’ said #PopeFrancis, ‘we are a people with a Mother; we are not orphans.’ … ‘To celebrate the feast of the Holy Mother of God reminds us that we are not interchangeable items of merchandise
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“The shepherds went in haste to #Bethlehem and found #Mary and Joseph, and the Infant lying in the manger. … they made known the Message that had been told them about this Child. … Mary kept all these things, reflecting on them in her heart. … the shepherds returned, glorifying and praising #God …. … He was named #Jesus, the
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“When the days were completed for their purification according to the law of Moses, the parents of Jesus took him up to Jerusalem to present Him to the Lord … in accordance with the dictate in the law of the Lord. … there was a man in Jerusalem whose name was Simeon. … righteous and devout, awaiting the consolation of
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Catholic TV Mass for the Fifth Day in the Octave of Christmas , Thursday, Dec. 29, 2016, from Toronto. [Click here for Mass Readings]
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“… the Angel of the Lord appeared to Joseph in a dream and said, ‘Rise, take the Child and His mother, flee to Egypt, and stay there until I tell you. Herod is going to search for the child to destroy Him.’ Joseph rose and took the Child and His mother by night and departed for Egypt. … When Herod
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Catholic TV Mass for the Feast of the Holy Innocents, Wednesday, Dec. 28, 2016, from Catholic TV in Boston. [Click here for Mass Readings]
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“Beloved: What was from the beginning, what we have heard, what we have seen with our eyes, what we looked upon and touched with our hands concerns the Word of Life — for the Life was made visible; we have seen it and testify to it and proclaim to you the Eternal Life that was with the Father and was
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Catholic TV Mass for the Feast of Saint Stephen, First Martyr, Dec. 26, 2016, from Catholic TV in Boston. [Click here for Mass Readings]
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“… in addition to charitable services, #Stephen also carried out a task of evangelization among his compatriots, the so-called “Hellenists”. … Luke insists … that Stephen, ‘full of grace and power’ (Acts 6: 8), presented in Jesus’ Name a new interpretation of Moses and of God’s Law itself. He reread the Old Testament in the light of the proclamation of
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“Stephen, filled with Grace and Power, was working great wonders and signs among the people. Certain members of the so-called Synagogue of Freedmen, … could not withstand the wisdom and the spirit with which he spoke. * * * … he, filled with the #Holy Spirit, looked up intently to heaven and saw the Glory of #God and #Jesus standing
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