Posts Tagged ‘Incarnation’
The Glow from the Midnight Cave: Memento Bethlehem
“And thou, Bethlehem Ephrata [fruitful, honored], art a little one among the thousands of Juda: out of thee shall he come forth unto me that is to be the rule in Israel: and his going forth is from the beginning, from the days of eternity.” -Mich. 5:2 Each year the Christmas story brings to the…
Read MoreChristmas Midnight Mass Sermon by St. Francis de Sales
Below is an inspiring sermon delivered by Saint Francis de Sales for Midnight Mass, December 25, 1622. Highlights include: The great Christian feasts in the early Church and their observances The Incarnation as God’s end in creating the world The two births of the Word, eternal and temporal The two natures of the Word made…
Read MoreChristmas Meditation on the Sacred Infancy of Jesus
” Yet neither Nazareth nor Bethlehem were his beginnings. He was eternal years old the moment he was born. “ -Fr. Frederick Faber Below is a unique Christmas meditation from the famous English convert to the Catholic Faith, Fr. Frederick Faber of London, England. Fr. Faber has long been revered for his thoroughly enjoyable and erudite…
Read MoreMystical Aspects of the Mystery of Christmas
Below is an excerpt from a brief, but interesting sermon that was delivered by Saint Francis de Sales to a convent of nuns on Christmas Eve in the year 1614. These nuns were members of the Congregation of the Oblates of the Visitation; an order founded by him. The sermon addresses Christ the Savior as…
Read MoreBefore Time (Part I)
Your humility had no beginning, O Lord, for You had no beginning. You were eternally begotten from Your Father. Your very essence is that of Son to the Father. Your humility, therefore, is wrapped up in Your very being, for You have always subjected Yourself as Son to the Father in humble obedience, in loving…
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