Sunday, 25 December 2016

Merry Christmas






On Christmas Eve, we will place ourselves once again before the Crib to contemplate, astonished, the "Word made flesh." Sentiments of joy and gratitude, like in every year, are renewed in our hearts as we hear the melodies of Christmas carols, which sing of, in so many languages, the same, extraordinary miracle. The Creator of the universe, out of love, came to make his dwelling among men. In the Letter to the Philippians, St. Paul affirms that Christ, "though he was in the form of God, did not count equality with God a thing to be grasped, but emptied himself, taking the form of a servant, being born in the likeness of men" (2:6). He appeared in human form, adds the Apostle, humbling himself. At holy Christmas we will relive the realization of this sublime mystery of grace and mercy.

Pope Benedict XVI 21.12.06

Those were the days!

Merry Christmas to anyone out there still reading this!
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8 comments:

  1. 1569 Rising25 December 2016 at 21:34

    Father,

    Thank you for an inspiring, thoughtful and blessed Midnight Mass at St Joseph's. The church looked well presented, the serving team as efficient as usual, and your sermon touched me in so many different ways. An awesome night indeed.
    Thank you for finding the thoughts of Pope Benedict - will we ever see his like again?

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    1. Fr Michael Brown27 December 2016 at 19:13

      Thanks Terry. It was a beautiful Mass and the music went well. I was delighted by the Monteverdi at Communion. I hope the music will flourish in 2017.

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  2. KitKatCot26 December 2016 at 12:51

    Merry Christmas Father. I may not comment but I always read:)

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  3. Anonymous27 December 2016 at 19:08

    Always read too. Wishing you a Happy Christmastide. God Bless Paul@ Ryhope

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    1. Fr Michael Brown27 December 2016 at 19:11

      Thanks Paul and Kitcatcot. To be honest I can`t complain as I`ve not written much recently.

      Paul, I`m sorry but I tried to publish your comment from my phone but with a small screen my finger hit delete rather than publish so I had to copy and paste.

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  4. Rubricarius28 December 2016 at 07:40

    One of the blogs I still look at on a daily basis.

    Happy Octaves!

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  5. David O'Neill29 December 2016 at 11:33

    You know that I read your blog regularly & will continue to do so. Have a peaceful & healthy New Year.
    As you know we were away over Christmas but attended a beautiful Missa Cantata in EF in Frankfurt. So wonderful to be able to feel completely at home at Mass in a foreign land

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  6. David O'Neill29 December 2016 at 11:34

    Can you repeat the Pope Benedict link please?

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