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Sue Korlan's avatar

Your picture reminds me of how most music books have now removed the second and third refrains from What Child Is This, probably because the second refers to the crucifixion. I sing those refrains anyway even if no one else present is doing so.

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Emily Hess's avatar

It's not Epiphany yet, so it still counts as Christmas!!

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Sisters of the Little Way's avatar

Amen!

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Laura T's avatar

The first shall be last and the last, first. You move our hearts to tears with the true face of Christ.

I walked through both those Holy Doors with you "live" on EWTN. I am always with you in your journey of hope.

Lamb of God, you take away the sins of the world, grant us peace. Big love, ~your little sparrow

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Oliver Clark's avatar

Thank you for this news and encouragement re trauma due to clerical sacramental abuse of ordination and sexual abuse by roman catholic personnel helpers within the family as affected my Mass attendance as a Catholic school teacher and catechist in Brigidene College, Brisbane, Australia in school masses when consenting in present moment real presence in uncertainty of my belief to be joined in a consecrated male female marriage vowed to God then on the death of my wife consecrated celibate marriage vowed to man in Christ.

On 17 June 2021, Pope Francis in his consecrated celibate marriage exercising an absolute power of simultaneous authorisations in the cases of his Vatican state Cardinal Angelo Becciu and nine other helpers of the family' embezzlements of his procreation role gift charity donations and the Italian Parliament "Zan" anti-homophobia bill unacceptable risk of fraud on his marriage's need of union completed keeping in uncertainty of belief the inseparability and qualitative equality both of these consecrated marriages celibate and male female, and of these marriages and their helpers in a double keeping authorising a third trinitarian keeping that protects vulnerable family members from these abuses.

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Oliver Clark's avatar

In consequence of this triple keeping on 17 June 2021 is "a fulfilment of what was spoken to her [Mary] from the Lord" (RSV Lk 1:45) as Mary as joined in both these consecrated marriages (Lk 1:38 as celibate and Mt 1:24 as male female) immediately successively in uncertainty "believed that there would be" (Ibid).

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