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Boxing26th December, St. Stephen
Day 2 of the Octave of Christmas Christ the Lord is born today;
today, the Saviour has appeared.
Earth echoes songs of angel choirs,
archangels’ joyful praise.
Today on earth his friends exult.
Glory to God in the highest, alleluia 12 Days of Christmas Carol:
On the second day of Christmas, my True Love gave to me two Turtle Doves: The Old and New Testaments Poem: Denise Levertov – “On The Mystery of The Incarnation” I…See the Story
A Christmas Reflection: The Feast of St. Stephen ~ The Imaginative Conservative
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Poverty · AustriaAs Christmas approaches and “Silent Night” begins to fill churches and homes across the world, it is worth remembering how unlikely its beginning truly was. The world’s most famous Christmas carol — “Stille Nacht” in German — was not born in a peaceful, picture-book setting. There was no postcard village, no soft snowfall, no glowing atmosphere. Instead, it emerged from a small Austrian town marked by war, hunger and deep uncertainty. Oberndorf,…See the Story
Born in Hardship, Sung in Hope: the Quiet, Powerful Origins of 'Silent Night'
Christmas · LondonIn one of those many ironies of history, it came as news to me that the first recorded use of the greeting ‘Merry Christmas’ was from Bishop John Fisher to Thomas Cromwell. Of course, the irony is that Fisher had been imprisoned by Cromwell, the ruthless bully-boy henchman of Henry VIII, for denying the King’s claim to ‘supreme authority’ over the church in England, both temporal and spiritual, as well as denying Henry’s right to marry Anne Bole…See the Story
