Disciples, Apostles, and Saints! While most of us know the challenge of keeping Advent in a culture of Christmas, there is a semi-regular anomaly that happens in the liturgical calendar every seven years or so. When Advent and Christmas exist on the same day. Well...that’s not technically …
Christmas
Christmas Joy
Disciples, Apostles, and Saints! I love Christmas! And I always have. The lights, candles, greens! My Mom would decorate the living room, the mantle, the bannister. We'd eat and celebrate for days. Guests would come over, we'd go to church; the whole thing felt festive …
Christmas 2
Warmest Christmas greetings! I hope you and yours are having a joyous and hope-filled Christmas season! The day after Christmas Day is a special day for us. It is the Feast of Stephen. Stephen is remembered as the first deacon and martyr. And he serves us as our patron saint. So what does it …