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Love, the Rose, is On the Way

Today, let yourself reflect on the words from your favorite Christmas carols. Are there songs and stanzas that have been with you since childhood?
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Editorial: The Gift of Perfect Joy

Happiness and joy. Those are two words that get tossed around quite a bit at this time of year and certainly with good reason. The birth of Christ is definitely something to celebrate.
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Waiting with Hope

Reflect Have you taken a moment to consider what this holiday is truly about? On the eve of such a holy day, it’s good to remember how it started. Pray Dear God,As the light begins to pass on the day ...
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The Silent Night Chapel, which is in the town of Oberndorf in the Austrian state of Salzburg, is a monument to the Christmas carol "Silent Night." The chapel stands on the site of the former St. Nikola Church, where on Christmas Eve in 1818 the carol was performed for the first time. (CNS photo/courtesy www.stillenacht.com)

Chapel memorializing ‘Silent Night’ continues to draw tourists

The Christmas song "Stille Nacht" ("Silent Night") may have put the town of Oberndorf, Austria, on the map, but it's the chapel memorializing the beloved carol that is the town's main attraction.
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Christmas tree | Photo by Osman Rana on Unsplash

‘Tis the Season of Hope

One wonderful gift that God gives us is the virtue of hope. Will the acceptance of this gift be different this year because of recent and ongoing tragedies?
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Substituting for the Gloria

For the past few years, from midnight Christmas through Epiphany, the director of music in our parish has elected to use "Angels We Have Heard on High" instead of the Gloria. What is proper in this regard?
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