by Faith Central & Steve Welsh
“… She sees that the Son of God is given to her; she is thrilled to see the salvation of the world is entrusted to her. She hears the Lord tell her deep down in her heart: ‘I have chosen you amongst everything I have created; I blessed you among all women’ (Lk 1:42); I gave my Son into your
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Catholic TV Mass for the Octave Day of Christmas, the Solemnity of the Blessed Virgin Mary, the Mother of God Jan. 1, 2018, from Catholic TV in the Archdiocese of Boston. [Click here for Mass Readings] [featured image is file photo]
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“The shepherds went in haste to Bethlehem and found Mary and Joseph, and the Infant lying in the manger. When they saw this, they made known the message that had been told them about this Child. All who heard it were amazed by what had been told them by the shepherds. And Mary kept all these things, reflecting on them
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“When the days were completed for their purification according to the law of Moses, they took Him up to Jerusalem to present Him to the Lord ….”
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“In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God. … All things came to be through Him … … What came to be through Him was Life, and this Life was the Light of the human race; the Light shines in the darkness, and the darkness has not overcome it. …”
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“When the angels went away from them to heaven, the shepherds said to one another, ‘Let us go, then, to Bethlehem ….” So they went in haste and found Mary and Joseph, and the infant lying in the manger. When they saw this, they made known the message that had been told them about this Child. All who heard it
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“… Joseph too went up from Galilee from the town of Nazareth to Judea, to the city of David that is called Bethlehem, because he was of the house and family of David, to be enrolled with Mary, his betrothed, who was with Child. While they were there, the time came for her to have her Child, and she gave
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“This is how the Birth of Jesus Christ came about. When His Mother Mary was betrothed to Joseph, but before they lived together, she was found with child through the Holy Spirit. … the Angel of the Lord appeared to him in a dream and said, ‘Joseph, son of David, … it is through the Holy Spirit that this child
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“This Sunday is traditionally called Gaudete Sunday, based on the Introit for the day: Gaudete in Domino semper, iterum dico, Gaudete (Phil 4:4) (Rejoice in the Lord always, again I say, Rejoice). Today, this theme is developed most fully in the 2nd reading, which is from 1 Thessalonians. It also begins with the salutation and imperative, ‘Rejoice always.’ …”
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