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Nisi Dominus: 12th Day of Christmas: O Holy Night
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Nisi Dominus aedificaverit domum, in vanum laborant qui aedificaverunt eam. Unless the Lord has built the house, they labored in vain who built it" Psalm 127. Thursday, January 5, 2017. 12th Day of Christmas: O Holy Night. Merry Christmas, for the Twelfth time this Christmas Season! In that spirit (so to speak), I’d the like to quote the Spirit of Christmas Present from the 1951 film version of Charles Dickens' A Christmas Carol. Not found, however, in Dickens' book):. We spirits of Christmas do not live.
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Nisi Dominus: The Baptism of the Lord: An Icon of Grace
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Nisi Dominus aedificaverit domum, in vanum laborant qui aedificaverunt eam. Unless the Lord has built the house, they labored in vain who built it" Psalm 127. Monday, January 9, 2017. The Baptism of the Lord: An Icon of Grace. The Baptism of Christ. Whose account we hear in today’s Mass). Records his reluctance to baptize the Lord:. 8221; But Jesus answered him, “Let it be so now; for thus it is fitting for us to fulfill all righteousness.” Then he consented. Though he was in the form of God, he did not ...
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Nisi Dominus: 11th Day of Christmas: The Christmas Tree Points to Christ
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Nisi Dominus aedificaverit domum, in vanum laborant qui aedificaverunt eam. Unless the Lord has built the house, they labored in vain who built it" Psalm 127. Wednesday, January 4, 2017. 11th Day of Christmas: The Christmas Tree Points to Christ. Merry Christmas on this the 11th Day of Christmas! The Tree in the Classroom. One year ago on this date I published a post entitled “Don’t Touch That Tree! Christ is King of All . . . Even the Holidays. As it happens, however, evergreen trees were. Worshipped or...
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Nisi Dominus: 7th Day of Christmas: What is The Christmas Season, and Why It Matters
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Nisi Dominus aedificaverit domum, in vanum laborant qui aedificaverunt eam. Unless the Lord has built the house, they labored in vain who built it" Psalm 127. Saturday, December 31, 2016. 7th Day of Christmas: What is The Christmas Season, and Why It Matters. Antique Angel tree-topper at Nisi Dominus. Happy 7th Day of Christmas! What with all this talk about The Twelve Days of Christmas, one might get the impression that Christmas ends after Epiphany (traditional date January 6. Now officially the 2.
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Nisi Dominus: Fighting Dragons, Inside And Out
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Nisi Dominus aedificaverit domum, in vanum laborant qui aedificaverunt eam. Unless the Lord has built the house, they labored in vain who built it" Psalm 127. Sunday, May 1, 2016. Fighting Dragons, Inside And Out. Do you not know that the unrighteous will not inherit the kingdom of God? 1 Corinthians 6: 9 -11. St George Slaying The Dragon". Of St George slaying the Dragon. The school’s principal vetoed her proposed project, however, on the grounds that the not-terribly-bloody depiction of heroi...This ol...
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Nisi Dominus: Evangelization, Prayer, & The Spiritual Works Of Mercy
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Nisi Dominus aedificaverit domum, in vanum laborant qui aedificaverunt eam. Unless the Lord has built the house, they labored in vain who built it" Psalm 127. Saturday, May 21, 2016. Evangelization, Prayer, and The Spiritual Works Of Mercy. Why evangelize and pray for the conversion of other people? Are we just “pushing” our views on others and thereby impinging on their free will when we do so? Instructing the Ignorant: Mariano Fortuny's "St. Paul on the Areopagus". Spiritual Works of Mercy. My brethren...
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Nisi Dominus: Prophet Samuel,The Candidates, & the Letter to Diognetus
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Nisi Dominus aedificaverit domum, in vanum laborant qui aedificaverunt eam. Unless the Lord has built the house, they labored in vain who built it" Psalm 127. Tuesday, November 8, 2016. Prophet Samuel,The Candidates, and the Letter to Diognetus. Every country has the government it deserves” (. Toute nation a le gouvernement qu’elle mérite. Give the people what they want: King Saul and Prophet Samuel. Samuel follows the Lord’s instructions, and warns them of the various ways in which the king will a...
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Nisi Dominus: A Tribute Vice Pays to Itself (Vasectomy Showers, etc.)
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Nisi Dominus aedificaverit domum, in vanum laborant qui aedificaverunt eam. Unless the Lord has built the house, they labored in vain who built it" Psalm 127. Sunday, November 13, 2016. A Tribute Vice Pays to Itself (Vasectomy Showers, etc.). An Age That Knows No Shame. I’m referring here to. From Britain’s Daily Mail, whose headline blares:. Young couples are holding 'vasectomy parties' to celebrate the start of a childless family, and ask guests to name their CAR instead. Clearly, it’s not that t...
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Nisi Dominus: 8th Day of Christmas: Solemnity of Mary, Mother of God
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Nisi Dominus aedificaverit domum, in vanum laborant qui aedificaverunt eam. Unless the Lord has built the house, they labored in vain who built it" Psalm 127. Sunday, January 1, 2017. 8th Day of Christmas: Solemnity of Mary, Mother of God. Bellini Jacopo, Virgin and Child. We must start with the fact that Mary was fully human; as Charles Dickens says in the opening lines of A Christmas Carol. Mary is the guarantor that Jesus, while He truly is God, is truly one of us. Theotokos of the Life-Giving Spring.