Carols for Christmas
Posted by Robyn Lee in Family on Friday, December 23, 2011
When I was growing up we had the tradition of waiting until Christmas Eve to put up our tree.
After the tree was decorated (and the tinsel was blown onto the tree ... one strand at a time), we would sing Christmas carols.
Every year we would use these old songbooks from the ‘70s that were distributed as an insert in the local paper.
The back of the songbook has a picture of a paperboy holding up... READ MORE
Ninth Day of Christmas
Posted by Rebecca Teti in Faith on Sunday, January 02, 2011
From The Three Kings, Longfellow
...
And the Three Kings rode through the gate and the guard,
Through the silent street, till their horses turned
And neighed as they entered the great inn-yard;
But the windows were closed, and the doors were barred,
And only a light in the stable burned.
And cradled there in the scented hay,
In the air made sweet by the breath of kine,
The little child in the manger... READ MORE
Eighth Day of Christmas
Posted by Rebecca Teti in Faith on Saturday, January 01, 2011
A Virgin Unspotted
A virgin unspotted, the prophet foretold,
Should bring forth a Savior, which now we behold,
To be our Redeemer from death, hell, and sin,
Which Adam’s transgression had wrappèd us in.
Aye and therefore be merry, set sorrow aside,
Christ Jesus our Savior was born on this tide.
At Bethlehem city in Jewry it was
That Joseph and Mary together did pass,
All for to be taxèd with many... READ MORE
Sixth Day of Christmas
Posted by Rebecca Teti in Faith on Thursday, December 30, 2010
Christians, Awake And Greet The Happy Morn
Christians, awake, salute the happy morn
Whereon the Saviour of the world was born
Rise to adore the mystery of love
Which hosts of angels chanted from above
With them the joyful tidings first begun
Of God incarnate and the Virgin’s Son
Then to the watchful shepherds it was told
Who heard the angelic herald’s voice: “Behold,
I bring good tidings of a Saviour’s... READ MORE
Merry Christmas!
Posted by Rebecca Teti in Faith on Saturday, December 25, 2010
Once, In Royal David’s City
Once, in Royal David’s city
Stood a lowly cattle shed,
Where a mother laid her baby
In a manger for his bed.
Mary was that mother mild
Jesus Christ, her little child.
He came down to earth from heaven,
Who is God and Lord of all,
And his shelter was a stable,
And his cradle was a stall.
With the poor, and mean, and lowly,
Lived on earth our Savior holy.
For He is our childhood’s... READ MORE
Saints of Christmas: Basil & Gregory
Posted by Rebecca Teti in Faith on Saturday, January 02, 2010
I love this painting entitled “The Mass of St. Basil” by Pierre Subleyras.
It shows the saint so enrapt in worship of the Eucharist that he doesn’t notice the emperor and his entourage blustering in in the middle of the liturgy.
The original painting was copied and enlarged in mosaic form for St. Peter’s in Rome, where you can find it in the Gregorian chapel.
In the Greek tradition, St. Basil is Father... READ MORE
"Joy, Joy For Christ Is Born"
Posted by Arwen Mosher in Faith on Monday, December 28, 2009
Now that Advent is over and it’s Christmas, I’m cranking the Christmas carols.
“What Child Is This?” has always been one of my favorites, and I was proud to know all three verses… until a few years ago, when I discovered that what I had learned as the chorus of the song is actually the second half of the first verse. The second and third verses have their own unique conclusions, ones that aren’t found... READ MORE
Tomorrow I Come
Posted by Rebecca Teti in Faith on Wednesday, December 17, 2008
Miraculously we come to this point in Advent without my having heard “O Come, O Come Emmanuel” yet.
Don’t know how I pulled that off, since some years it seems to be the only Advent carol anyone knows and we sing it at every Mass, every day.
In our family devotions each evening, the kids have been straining to sing it, but I’ve held them off with “Christians, Look East,” “When The King Shall Come... READ MORE
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