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      Saints Adam and Eve

      Christmas Eve is the traditional commemoration of Adam and Eve, our first parents – I don’t think there’s any etymological connection between Eve and...

      A Christmas Carol: Thoughts, and an Audio Book

      Charles Dickens' novella A Christmas Carol was first published on this December 19 back in 1843, and it has been a much beloved classic...

      The Meaning of Christmas as Advent Draws to a Close

      BENEDICT XVI GENERAL AUDIENCE Paul VI Audience Hall Wednesday, 20 December 2006 The meaning of Christmas Dear Brothers and Sisters, "The Lord is close: come, let us adore him". With...

      Grace in the Gutter

      A Christmas Reflection on Evil, Freedom, and Redemption in Bad Santa Editors’ note: the film reviewed below contains explicit sexual and violent scenes, sustained crudity...

      Bach’s Cantata for the Fourth Sunday of Advent

      J.S. Bach composed Cantatas for many Sundays and feasts (over 200!)- in the Lutheran liturgical calendar, to be sure, but one which remained close...

      Fourth Sunday: Ite Ad Joseph

      When Joseph awoke, he did as the angel of the Lord had commanded him and took his wife into his home (Mt. 1:24). On this...

      Handel’s Miraculous Messiah

      On this Second Sunday of Advent, when we read of Saint John the Baptist's preparing the way, it is fitting to immerse oneself in...

      Truth and the Tradivox Catechical Compendium

      There is no such things a 'perfect' Catechism, a catechism to end all catechisms, such as it were. That's why there's no end to...

      Musical Offering: Lo, He Comes With Clouds Descending!

      Say what you like about the early Methodists, but they could write some melodious hymns, and one of the greatest and most prolific is...

      Gaudete Sunday: The Baptist’s Joyful Humility

      ‘Truly I tell you, among those born of women no one has arisen greater than John the Baptist; yet the least in the kingdom...