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GLORY TO GOD IN THE HIGHEST AND PEACE TO HIS PEOPLE ON EARTH
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DECEMBER 25 - DECEMBER 31, 2005
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CHURCH ANNOUNCEMENTS
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There will be a special Parish Thanksgiving Holy Hour on Wednesday
December 28, 2005 at 7.25 p.m. in the Big Hall. All are welcome
to come and praise and thank the Lord for all that He has done
for us during the past year.
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LITURGICAL CELEBRATIONS DURING THE WEEK
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DEC 25, 2005 - THE NATIVITY OF OUR LORD JESUS CHRIST
DEC 26, 2005 - St. Stephen, Protomartyr
DEC 27, 2005 - St. John, Evangelist
DEC 28, 2005 - HOLY INNOCENTS
DEC 29, 2005 - St. Thomas Becket, Bishop & Martyr
DEC 30, 2005 - HOLY FAMILY OF JESUS, MARY & JOSEPH
DEC 31, 2005 - St. Silvester I, Pope
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REFLECTION - CHRIST THE KING IS BORN
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St. John Chrysostom writes about the birth of our Lord Jesus Christ
as follows :- 'Come then, let us observe the feast. Come, and we
shall commemorate the solemn festival. It is a strange manner of
celebrating a festival; but truly wondrous is the whole chronical
of the Nativity. For this day, the ancient slavery is ended, the
devil confounded, the demons take to flight, the power of death is
broken, paradise is unlocked, the curse is taken away, sin is
removed from us, error driven out, truth has been brought back, the
speech of kindliness diffused, and spreads on every side, a
heavenly way of life has been implanted on the earth, angels
communicate with men without fear and men now hold speech with
angels.
'Why is this? Because God is now on earth, and man in heaven; on
every side all things co-mingle. He has come on earth, while being
whole in heaven; and while complete in heaven, He is without
diminution on earth. Though He was God, He became man; not denying
Himself to be God. Though being the impassable Word, He became
flesh; that He might dwell amongst us. He became flesh. He did not
become God. He was God. Wherefore He became flesh, so that He whom
heaven did not contain, a manger would this day receive. He was
placed in a manger, so that He, by whom all things are nourished,
may receive an infant's food from His virgin mother. So, the father
of all ages, as an infant at the breast, nestles in the virginal
arms, that the Magi may more easily see Him'.
Then St. Gregory of Nyssa also writes :- 'Today the darkness begins
to grow shorter and the light lengthen, as the hours of night become
fewer. Nor it is an accident...that this change occurs on the solemn
day when divine life is manifested..... Rather, to those who are
attentive, nature manifests through visible things a hidden
reality ... saying 'Realize... as you observe these things, that the
invisible is being manifested to you through the visible. You see,
do you not, that night has reached its greatest length, and since it
can advance no farther, comes to a halt and withdraws? Do you see
that the beams of light are more intense and the sun higher than it
has been? Realize that the true light is now here and, through the
rays of the Gospel, is illumining the whole earth!!!!
GLORIA IN EXCELSIS DEO!!!!
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ON BEHALF OF THE BISHOP, THE CLERGY AND THE WEB TEAM, WE TAKE
THIS OPPORTUNITY TO WISH YOU ALL A VERY HAPPY AND BLESSED CHRISTMAS.
MAY THE NEW BORN CHRIST BE TRULY BORN IN YOUR HEARTS AND LIVES AND
MAY THE BLESSINGS OF GOD THE FATHER AND THE FELLOWSHIP OF THE HOLY
SPIRIT BE WITH YOU AND MAY MOTHER MARY ALWAYS INTERCEDE FOR US AT
THE THRONE OF GRACE.
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