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WISHING YOU A BLESSED CHRISTMAS SEASON

December 29, 2018 By Sarah Christmyer Leave a Comment

Many of our neighbors are putting their lights and decorations away, but for us Catholics, Christmas has just begun! It started with the Christmas vigil masses and continues through the next three Sundays: The Feast of the Holy Family on December 30 Epiphany on January 6 The Feast of Jesus’ Baptism on January 1   […]

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LESSONS FROM THE MAGI: Finding Jesus in unlikely places

January 6, 2016 By Sarah Christmyer Leave a Comment

I can’t stop thinking about the Epiphany this week, as I — like the Magi — seek to find Jesus.  The English poet T.S. Eliot imagined how those traveling kings might have looked back on their experience, years later. His poem is worth reading several times to catch the references in the second stanza: The Journey of […]

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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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THE REASON FOR THE SWADDLING CLOTHS

December 24, 2014 By Sarah Christmyer 3 Comments

I couldn’t stop looking at my boys last night, three fine young men suited up in jackets and ties (of their own choice!) for the Christmas concert.  We’ve come a long way from the days when I struggled to get them into anything nicer than T-shirts.  And it’s all about the clothes, isn’t it, when […]

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FINDING THE KING IN A CATTLE SHED

December 29, 2013 By Sarah Christmyer Leave a Comment

“And in that region there were shepherds out in the field, keeping watch over their flock by night…. And the angel said to them, ‘Be not afraid…; for to you is born this day in the city of David a Savior, who is Christ the Lord. And this will be a sign for you: you […]

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MARY, STAR OF THE NEW EVANGELIZATION
Reflection on Evangelii Gaudium, nos. 284-288

December 24, 2013 By Sarah Christmyer Leave a Comment

Two months ago, I stood at the foot of the Cross – literally, at the spot where Jesus was crucified in Jerusalem.  Golgotha lies within the Church of the Holy Sepulchre and it is crowned by an altar and chapels dedicated to the final Stations of the Cross. You can reach below the altar and […]

Filed Under: Discipleship, Holidays and Holy Days, Women of the Bible Tagged With: Advent/Christmas, Christmas, Mary and the Saints, New Evangelization

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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