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Celebrate Christmas 2008 with stories about the Christmas season, such
as St. Nicholas, St. Francis and the crèche, and more. Epiphany
ends this Catholic Christmas season celebration.
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Sunday, November 30, 2008
Advent-Christmas Calendar
Select a date to change this page’s Meditation, Activity and Peacemaking Idea through the
season: the First Sunday of Advent through the feast of the Baptism
of the Lord.
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The Coming Kingdom
This week, during your quiet time, think about
Isaiah’s graphic descriptions of the Kingdom, and imagine seeing all of it with
your own eyes.
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Activity
Make a paper chain to count the days before Christmas. Write a task on the inside of each link, for example: "Offer the birds a piece of bread or some seed," or "Send a Christmas card to a lonely person." As family members remove links, this not only marks the days but also prepares our hearts for Christmas.
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Peacemaking Idea
Spend some quiet time thinking about and praying for innocent people who are suffering.
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Franciscan Communications: YouTube for Advent
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What Are We Waiting For?
The celebration of Christmas is not a sentimental waiting for a baby to be born, but much more an asking for history to be born, according to Franciscan Father Richard Rohr, author of Preparing for Christmas With Richard Rohr: Daily Meditations for Advent. Catholics, he says, do the gospels no favor when making Jesus, the eternal Christ, into a perpetual baby, a baby able to ask for little or no adult response.
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The True Gift of Christmas
From St. Anthony Messenger magazine
A little boy in an airport rekindles a priest’s love for the holiday season.
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Sunday Soundbite
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