Thought for the Day – 20 December – Meditations with Antonio Cardinal Bacci (1881-1971) The Swaddling Clothes of the Divine Infant “Mary, like other mothers in those days, wrapped the Infant Jesus in swaddling clothes.The Divine Child quietly offered this new humiliation to His heavenly Father.He saw prefigured in these bands, the ropes with which […]
Thought for the Day – 20 December – The Swaddling Clothes of the Divine Infant — AnaStpaul
Quote of the Day – Saturday of Advent – 19 December “I speak out in order to lead Himinto your heartsbut He does not choose to comewhere I lead Him,unless you prepare the way for Him.” St Augustine (354-430)Father and Doctor of the Church “Unreasoning and stupidthat you look for God where He is not!Listen […]
Quote of the Day – Saturday of Advent – 19 December – Prepare — AnaStpaul
Thought for the Day – 19 December – Meditations with Antonio Cardinal Bacci (1881-1971) The Cradle of the Divine Infant Jesus Enter once more with faith and love into the stable of Bethlehem.As soon as her Son has been miraculously delivered without any damage to her virginity, Mary adores Him and, with such maternal love […]
Thought for the Day – 19 December – The Cradle of the Divine Infant Jesus — AnaStpaul
Mattana, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons Today is the first Sunday in Advent. Advent does not, as I’ve read in more than one place, begin on the last Sunday in November. Mostly it does, but occasionally it begins on the first Sunday in December. The crucial thing is that Advent begins four Sundays before Christmas. […]
Medieval Advent — A Writer’s Perspective
The Nativity – Greg Olsen By Charlie Johnston The first Advent occupied hundreds of years as a groaning world awaited the appearance of the Messiah. When He came in a manger, few noticed it at all. When He began His ministry, the ruling class rejected Him as a dangerous fraud. Even those who believed in […]
Our New Advent — A Sign of Hope
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