Basque Christmas News Today

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Dear brothers and sisters in Christ, On these last days of getting ready to welcome the birth of the Christ child, the image of Mary about to give birth is ever before us. It seems fitting, then, to end this Advent series with a few reflections on a carol that takes us from the Annunciation to the birth of the Christ child. The Angel Gabriel is an English translation of a Basque Christmas carol based on a Latin carol from the Middle Ages. Unlike the other Advent hymns I have been reflecting on,...