The Holy Family did not come with a trouble free, prepackaged holy life.
Mary and Joseph had to struggle, face difficult trials, and figure many things out as they went along. What made them a holy family? More…
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The Sunshine Award – Thanks, Friends! 24
My photoblogger friends at The Urban-Wildlife Interface, Ferndale, Arkansas, recently nominated Biltrix for the Sunshine Award. Thank You!
We really mean to say we’re honored, because if anyone deserves this award, it’s The Interface. For your bright outdoorsy pictures, year round, and always uplifting words to accompany it, Interface, this is for you: More…
The Eucharistic Message of the Child in the Manger 1
BETHLEHEM: HOUSE OF BREAD
It’s remarkable that even though the infant Jesus couldn’t speak, from the first moment of his birth, he was proclaiming that he is the Bread of Life. It’s as if is impatient to institute the Eucharist.
The word Bethlehem in Hebrew means “house of bread” and it’s also no coincidence that Jesus rested in a feeding trough—a “manger” sounds much more quaint, but that’s what it was.
So let’s take a moment to pause and reflect on Jesus, the Bread of Life.
IF YOU BELIEVE AND EAT THIS BREAD…
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Merry Christmas! 3
Merry Christmas to Everyone!
Christmas Eve 8
O Emmanuel, God is with Us 6
“O Emmanuel, our king and our lawgiver, the hope of the nations and their Savior: Come and save us, O Lord our God.”
As the Prophet Isaiah foretold: More…
O Rex Gentium, Today’s O Antiphon Reply
O King of the nations, and their desire, the cornerstone making both one: Come and save the human race, which you fashioned from clay.
O Rex Gentium, et desideratus earum, lapisque angularis, qui facis utraque unum: veni, et salva hominem, quem de limo formasti. More…
O Oriens! Reply
O Oriens, splendor lucis aeternae, et sol justitiae: veni, et illumina sedentes in tenebris, et umbra mortis.
O Morning Star,
“…splendour of light eternal and sun of righteousness: Come and enlighten those who dwell in darkness and the shadow of death. More…
O Key of David 1
O Key of David and scepter of the House of Israel; you open and no one can shut; you shut and no one can open: Come and lead the prisoners from the prison house, those who dwell in darkness and the shadow of death. More…
Paradoxical O Antiphon: O Root (and Fruit) of Jesse 7
O Root of Jesse, standing as a sign among the peoples; before you kings will shut their mouths, to you the nations will make their prayer: Come and deliver us, and delay no longer.
Today’s O Antiphon stems from to verses from the book of the prophet Isaiah: More…
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