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12/06/2021

¡Qué alegría que se acerca la Navidad!

12/06/2021

Make a good confession this Advent and the Lord will fill the valleys and lower the mountains in your life. Our earthly life should be oriented toward heaven—and the very real graces of this sacrament help make straight any path, no matter how much we have strayed.

12/06/2021

Saint of the Day!
December 6
ST. NICHOLAS

Saint of the Day! Dec 6
Saint of the Day!
ST. NICHOLAS
St. Nicholas of Myra (270 - 343 A.D.) was the only child of a wealthy Greek Christian couple living in what is today the country of Turkey. He was a pious child, and upon the death of his parents Nicholas was raised by an uncle who was a bishop. St. Nicholas grew in holiness, was ordained to the priesthood, and eventually consecrated a bishop. He was famous for generosity to the poor, protection of the wronged, zeal against heresy, and performance of miracles. Many famous legends are told of him. When a poverty-stricken man was to be forced to sell his daughters into slavery, St. Nicholas secretly tossed bags of coins into their home to serve as the girls' dowry, thus enabling them to marry and be provided for. The money was said to have landed in their stockings drying by the fireplace, which is the origin of gifts in children's stockings and shoes at Christmastime. At the Council of Nicea, Nicholas prevailed against the heretic bishop Arius; he was also instrumental in defending the doctrine of Jesus' divinity and formulating the Nicene Creed. His relics are still preserved in the Basilica of St. Nicholas in Italy. On his feast day they emit a miraculous myrrh, which is distributed around the world. Many countries have the custom of making him the secret giver of gifts to children on his feast day. In the United States, for example, he is celebrated as "Santa Claus," who distributes gifts to children on Christmas Eve. St. Nicholas of Myra is the patron saint of many causes, professions, cities, and countries; but he is most notably the patron of children, sailors, prisoners, and maidens seeking to marry.

11/29/2021

𝘼𝘿𝙑𝙀𝙉𝙏 𝙎𝙀𝘼𝙎𝙊𝙉 & 𝘾𝙃𝙍𝙄𝙎𝙏𝙈𝘼𝙎 𝙎𝙀𝘼𝙎𝙊𝙉

• ADVENT SEASON (NOV 28, 2021—DEC 24, 2021)

Advent is the liturgical season that precedes and prepares for Christmas. It is a season of hope and of longing, of joyful expectation and of peaceful preparation. Many symbols and traditions are associated with Advent, especially the Advent Wreath with its four colored candles (three purple and one pink), but also Advent calendars, special Advent music, food, processions, and other traditions that may vary from one culture or region to the next.

For most Christians, the Advent Season always begins four Sundays before Christmas; so it is rarely four full weeks long, but only between three and four weeks, depending on what weekday Dec. 25 happens to be in a certain year.

The First Sunday of Advent, which marks the beginning of the new liturgical year for the Church, could be as early as Nov. 27 or as late as Dec. 3.

The Third Sunday of Advent is traditionally called "Gaudete Sunday" (from Latin, meaning "Rejoice!), because the "Entrance Antiphon" of this Sunday's Mass is taken from Paul's letter to the Philippians: "Rejoice in the Lord always; again I say, rejoice! The Lord is near." (Phil 4:4+5b)

The Fourth Sunday of Advent could be as early as Dec. 18, a full week before Christmas (as in 2016 and 2022), or as late as Dec. 24, making it the same day as "Christmas Eve" (as in 2017 or 2023).

Advent technically ends of the afternoon of Dec. 24, since that evening, Christmas Eve, begins the Christmas Season.

• CHRISTMAS SEASON (NOV 24, 2021—BAPTISM OF THE LORD)

Christmastide is the name given to the Christmas season in the liturgical calendar. It begins on Christmas Eve and ends on the Sunday celebrating the Baptism of the Lord. This usually gives us a Christmas season of around 20 days or so.

On the traditional liturgical calendar, the Christmas season (also known as Christmastide) lasts 40 days. It begins with the vigil Mass said on Christmas Eve, and ends on February 2nd, Candlemas, which is the day on which we celebrate the feast of Jesus' presentation in the temple.

Sources:

(1) Advent and Christmas—Catholic Resources (Retrieved on November 19, 2021);

(2) What is Christmastide?—Got Questions (Retrieved on November 19, 2021);

(3) 📷 Pinterest, PngTree

11/29/2021

*​SAINT OF THE DAY​*

Feast Day: November 29

*St. Saturninus*

St. Saturninus Bishop of Toulouse and Martyr November 29 A.D. 257 St. Saturninus went from Rome by the direction of pope Fabian, about the year 245, to preach the faith in Gaul, where St. Trophimus, the first bishop of Arles, had some time before gathered a plentiful harvest. In the year 250, when Decius and Gratus were consuls, St. Saturninus fixed his episcopal see at Toulouse. Fortunatus tells us, that he converted a great number of idolaters by his preaching and miracles. This is all the account we have of him till the time of his holy martyrdom. The author of his acts, who wrote about fifty years after his death, relates, that he assembled his flock in a small church; and that the capitol, which was the chief temple in the city, lay in the way between that church and the saint's habitation. In this temple oracles were given; but the devils were struck dumb by the presence of the saint as he passed that way. The priests spied him one day going by, and seized and dragged him into the temple. declaring that he should either appease the offended deities by offering sacrifice to them, or expiate the crime with his blood. Saturninus boldly replied: "I adore one only God, and to him I am ready to offer a sacrifice of praise. Your gods are devils, and are more delighted with the sacrifice of your souls than with those of your bullocks. How can I fear them who, as you acknowledge, tremble before a Christian?" The infidels, incensed at this reply, abused the saint with all the rage that a mad zeal could inspire, and after a great variety of indignities, tied his feet to a wild bull, which was brought thither to be sacrificed. The beast being driven from the temple, ran violently down the hill, so that the martyr's scull was broken, and his brains dashed out. His happy soul was released from the body by death, and fled to the kingdom of peace and glory, and the bull continued to drag the sacred body, and the limbs and blood were scattered on every side, till, the cord breaking, what remained of the trunk was left in the plain without the gates of the city. Two devout women laid the sacred remains on a bier, and hid them in a deep ditch, to secure them from any further insult, where they lay in "wooden coffin" till the reign of Constantine the Great. Then Hilary, bishop of Toulouse, built a small chapel over this his holy predecessor's body Sylvius, bishop of that city towards the close of the fourth century, began to build a magnificent church in honor of the martyr, which was finished and consecrated by his successor Exuperius, who, with great pomp and piety, translated the venerable relics into it. This precious treasure remains there to this day with due honor. The martyrdom of this saint probably happened m the reign of Valerian, in 257.

11/29/2021

¡Mañana inicia el ! La Iglesia nos propone este tiempo de preparación para recibir a Jesús. 👉https://bit.ly/3wgDBTL

11/29/2021

Esta é a memsagem do papa Francisco para o primeiro domingo do Advento!

O papa Francisco falou sobre o primeiro domingo do Advento durante a oração do Ângelus de hoje, 28 de novembro, e animou a não nos deixar absorver pelas "dificuldades, sofrimentos e derrotas da vida" que podem nos levar a ser "cristãos adormecidos". Para evitar isso, encorajou-nos a permanecer ...

11/29/2021

The liturgical season of Advent begins today! Let's take time to prepare our hearts and minds for the coming of Our Savior at Christmas in a few short weeks. Visit our website for resources and tips on how to celebrate : http://ow.ly/aXwV50GRZZf

11/29/2021

La Iglesia Católica nos propone antes de Navidad, un tiempo de preparación llamado Adviento, que quiere decir “venida”. Aquí te explicamos en qué consiste.👉https://bit.ly/36QZWuN

11/29/2021

The First Sunday of Advent presents us with some tough questions that Google cannot answer. Jesus doesn’t offer easy answers, but a renewed vision of ...

11/29/2021

The Advent Wreath brings to mind the time before Jesus, when the world was in spiritual darkness. During Advent, we remember the Old Testament days as we anxiously anticipate His Birth at Christmas.

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11/29/2021

El Papa Francisco, en el Ángelus de este domingo, habló sobre varios peligros de la vida espiritual como la mediocridad o la tristeza, y ofreció varios remedios como la vigilancia y la oración.
1) Esperarlo con alegría incluso en medio de las tribulaciones: Es bueno escuchar esta palabra de aliento: animarse y alzar la cabeza, porque precisamente en los momentos en que todo parece acabado, el Señor viene a salvarnos.
2) El peligro del cristiano adormecido: La vigilancia significa esto: no permitas que tu corazón se vuelva perezoso y que tu vida espiritual se ablande en la mediocridad.
3) El peligro del cristiano “en el sillón”: ¿qué pesa en mi corazón? ¿Qué es lo que pesa en mi espíritu? ¿Qué me hace sentarme en el sillón de la pereza? Es triste ver cristianos “en el sillón”
4) El remedio: la vigilancia en la oración: el secreto para ser vigilantes es la oración.
5) Un mensaje paternal para los emigrantes: ¡Están aquí en la plaza, con esa gran bandera! Bienvenidos!
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El Papa Francisco, en el Ángelus de este domingo, habló sobre varios peligros de la vida espiritual como la mediocridad o la tristeza, y ofreció varios remedios como la vigilancia y la oración.