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Pray for Joy in Our Hearts. God, our Creator, we offer this humble prayer on Christmas Day. We come to worship with a song of thanks in our hearts—a song of redemption, a song of hope and renewal.
— St. Andrew’s Novena (Christmas Anticipation Prayer) “The feast day of your birth resembles You, Lord, because it brings joy to all humanity. Old people and infants alike enjoy your day.
5. "O sweet Child of Bethlehem, grant that we may share with all our hearts in this profound mystery of Christmas. Put into the hearts of men and women this peace
Midnight Mass at Church of St. Wenceslaus in Mikulov, Czech Republic Midnight Mass at St. Sebastian Roman Catholic Church, New York City. In many Western Christian traditions, Midnight Mass is the first liturgy of Christmastide that is celebrated on the night of Christmas Eve, traditionally beginning at midnight when Christmas Eve gives way to Christmas Day.
A watchnight service at a Lutheran Christian church on New Year's Eve (2014) A watchnight service (also called Watchnight Mass) is a late-night Christian church service.In many different Christian traditions, such as those of Moravians, Methodists, Catholics, Lutherans, Anglicans, Baptists, Adventists and Reformed Christians, watchnight services are held late on New Year's Eve, which is the ...
The Apostolic Tradition speaks of prayer at midnight and again at cockcrow, but seemingly as private, not communal, prayer. [13] Prayer at midnight and at cockcrow was associated with passages in the Gospel of Matthew [14] and the Gospel of Mark. [15] [16] On the basis of the Gospel of Luke [17] too, prayer at any time of the night was also ...
In the Christmas season, it is very common for television stations to air feature films relating to Christmas and Christianity in general, such as The Greatest Story Ever Told and Scrooge. [ 51 ] On Saint Stephen's Day , the second day of Christmastide, [ 52 ] people traditionally have their horses blessed, [ 53 ] and on the Feast of Saint John ...
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