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CHRISTMAS DAY: What Child is This?

December 25, 2015 By Sarah Christmyer 3 Comments

Lamb of God lying on an open Bible at the foot of an angel. Mosaic, Mt. Tabor.

“Christmas is really for the children,” wrote our friend Steve Turner in a poem that’s meant to get you thinking about how we celebrate our Christian holidays: Christmas is really for the children. Especially for children who like animals, stables, stars and babies wrapped in swaddling clothes. Then there are wise men, kings in fine […]

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CHRISTMAS EVE: The First Noel

December 24, 2015 By Sarah Christmyer Leave a Comment

Shepherds in field pointing at star over Bethlehem

Christmas wouldn’t be the same at our house without a Bûche de Noël — that luscious chocolate sponge cake rolled with cream and decorated with chocolate icing to look like a log.  Half the fun is making the garnish:  tiny, realistic mushrooms piped from meringue and dusted with cinnamon.  For me, it’s a nod to the […]

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ADVENT 4, CELEBRATING LIGHT: O Come, O Come, Emmanuel

December 18, 2015 By Sarah Christmyer Leave a Comment

Here He Comes! Advent anticipation moved up a notch this week with the start of the “Golden Nights of Advent,” the octave leading up to Christmas Eve.   Beginning the evening of December 17, religious communities in monasteries and convents all over the world sing one of the beautiful “O Antiphons” before and after the Magnificat during […]

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ADVENT 3, PROCLAIMING JOY: “Joy to the World!”

December 11, 2015 By Sarah Christmyer Leave a Comment

From where I lay on the third floor under the eaves, I could hear the piano.  “Joy to the world, the Lord is come!”  My aunt was visiting, and she thundered away without thinking of the children above, who were meant to be sleeping.  Dum – dum – dah-dum … dah-dum – dum – dum! […]

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ADVENT 2, EXPECTING A SAVIOR: “Lo, How a Rose E’er Blooming”

December 4, 2015 By Sarah Christmyer 2 Comments

Mary Pregnant, light shining from her womb

Our daughter is pregnant with her first child, and we are beyond excited!  Abby’s into her eighth month and she’s all baby and promise – down to the glow that never seems to leave her.  The other day she pulled my hand to her stomach just in time for me to feel a foot kick […]

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ADVENT 1, YEARNING FOR PEACE – “O Holy Night”

November 29, 2015 By Sarah Christmyer Leave a Comment

If Saturday Night Live has the pulse of America, then all that’s needed to solve those painful, contentious, holiday family dinners is Adele’s new song, “Hello.” In the skit, Thanksgiving table conversation degenerates nearly to the point of blows – only to be saved when the little girl plays the song and everyone stops arguing […]

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Sarah Christmyer writes and speaks about Scripture and the Catholic faith with the goal of helping people meet Jesus in his Word. “The Bible isn’t just a book about God or instructions for a good life; it’s a place to meet God and be changed by him,” she says. Her love of Scripture fuels her writing of Bible studies and related books; her teaching of Philadelphia seminarians; her speaking at conferences and retreats; and writing for blogs such as this one. “Come Into the Word” draws people into the Bible and encourages and equips them to explore it on their own.

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