The feast of Epiphany was, in the early Church, a bigger feast even than Christmas! We consider the great significance of this feast and how important it is that Catholics again restore the Christmas Culture by celebrating Epiphany.
We also consider a reflection from Pope Francis on the three Magi: They looked up to the Star in prayer, they journeyed across the earth without attachments, and they knelt in adoration of the Christ Child.
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In order to assist our meditations during the Christmas season, and so that we can live day by day with the Holy Family in these days up until the flight to Egypt, we discuss in this sermon the historical timeline and chronology of the conception, birth, and infancy of Jesus.
This Child will be the cause of the rise and fall of many -- the rise of the humble and the fall of the proud. Spend this Christmas meditating on the love revealed in the early months and years of Jesus' life!
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This year marks the 800th Anniversary of the first Nativity scene. The devotional practice of the Nativity scene was first invented by St Francis of Assisi in the year 1223 at Greccio in Italy as a means of bringing the graces of the Holy Land to the people of Europe and the whole world.
We discuss the history of the first Nativity scene as well as some points of the theological significance of this devotional practice.
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We discuss the biblical evidence for the fact of the perpetual virginity of the Mother of God, especially discussing how the question of our Lady - "How can this be, since I do not know man?" - shows that she must have made a vow of virginity to consecrate herself to the Lord.
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In this sermon, we discuss the O Antiphons in which the Church cries out begging for the Messiah to come. These antiphons are part of the Divine Office from December 17 to 23, and are some of the most famous and significant chants of the Church's Liturgy.
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