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Christmas Meditation

The True Gift of Christmas

Father Alberto Cutié | Posted 02.20.2013 | Religion
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Father Alberto Cutié

Christmas is the yearly celebration of the birth of Jesus, but it is truly a gift that we must experience each day. Christmas is a present, not a past.

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Newborn God: A Christmas Meditation On The Birth of Jesus

Rev. James Martin, S.J. | Posted 05.25.2011 | Religion
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Rev. James Martin, S.J.

How overwhelming the first Christmas must have been for Mary and Joseph. Few things can provoke such intense worry as a newborn child. But few things promise such unreasonable hope, such unexpected change and such unbounded joy.

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The Christmas We Are Waiting For

Sister Joan Chittister, OSB | Posted 05.25.2011 | Religion
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Sister Joan Chittister, OSB

The waiting time for Christmas is almost over. But so what? After all, there is nothing special about waiting. It's what we're waiting for that matters.

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'Then One Foggy Christmas Eve': A Christmas Meditation

Richard J. Mouw | Posted 05.25.2011 | Religion
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Richard J. Mouw

It may be that, properly understood, the Rudolph story can actually nudge us in the direction of the Babe of Bethlehem.

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