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As this challenging year comes to an end, let us look to the New Year with faith and hope. The Incarnation shows us that God truly loves us!
This feast celebrates the memory of the male children King Herod ordered to be killed in his attempt to kill the infant Christ.
“The innocents were slaughtered as infants for Christ; spotless, they follow the Lamb and sing for ever: Glory to you, O Lord.” (Entrance Antiphon) ~ from the Proper of Saints, Daily Roman Missal
May Nazareth teach us what family life is, its communion of love, its austere and simple beauty, and its sacred and inviolable character… (CCC 533)
“Put on then, as God’s chosen ones, holy and beloved, heartfelt compassion, kindness, humility, gentleness, and patience, bearing with one another and forgiving one another, if one has a grievance against another; as the Lord has forgiven you, so must you also do. And over all these put on love, that is, the bond of […]
St. Stephen was the first Christian martyr and one of the seven deacons who helped the Apostles. He died praying for his executioners; showing his perfect imitation of Christ even unto death. His name is included in the Roman Canon (Eucharistic Prayer I).
And as they were stoning Stephen, he prayed, “Lord Jesus, receive my spirit.” And he knelt down and cried with a loud voice, “Lord, do not hold this sin against them.” (Acts 7:59-60) ~ from the Didache Bible
We wish you a Blessed Christmas!
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St. John of Kanty, also known as John Cantius, was born in Cracow, Poland. He taught at the Jagiellonian University for most of his life and was noted for his piety and the humble, unassuming spirit of charity that pervaded his professional life.
~ Patron of St. John Cantius Church in Chicago, where both the extraordinary and ordinary forms of the Latin Rite are celebrated.
Fear not the dark night…
~ St. John of the Cross: Spanish contemplative, Doctor of the church, mystical poet
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Born in a town near Avila, Spain, the Carmelite St. John was persuaded by St. Teresa of Avila to join her in reforming the Carmelites, and as a result he suffered many tribulations, including imprisonment.
During his incarceration he wrote “Dark Night of the Soul,” a profound work of mysticism. ~ from the Proper of Saints, Daily Roman Missal