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Listen to this post This has been a year of unusual events. The conjunction of Saturn and Jupiter in the night sky for the first time since 1226 A.D., is just one of those events. From our perspective on Earth, the two visible planets look very much like an unusually large star, much like the Star of Bethlehem that pointed the way for the Wise Men to find their way to the baby Jesus. I don’t know how far or how long those Wise Men from the East had traveled, but I can imagine how they felt wh...

Festive Pensacola Lights When the weather gets cold, come late afternoon, I shed my clothes and put on a cocoon of warm nightgown and purple hooded floor length fleece robe, just around sunset. Yesterday, around lunch time (AdventureMan was finishing off a leftover crepe from Christmas morning), AdventureMan asked if I could forestall my cozy couture for an early evening date – going out to look at the Christmas lights of Pensacola. We drove from East Pensacola to East Hill to North Hill, an...

By Pastor Dan Prout Much is being made of Wednesday, January 6, 2021. Three important events will happen on that day. Many if not most are aware this is the day the results of the run-off election for the two Senate seats in the state of Georgia will be announced. The winners of those two seats will put control of the United States Senate in the hands of one party or the other. Many are becoming aware that also on January 6 the official ballots of the Electoral College will be delivered physica...

The Origin of Nativity Scenes December 23, 2019 Gene Veith A fixture of Christmas decor is the nativity scene, the depictions of Mary, Joseph, and the Baby Jesus, plus shepherds, Wise Men, and a small menagerie of animals.  These can be live portrayals with actual human beings and animals, or elaborate statues, or two-dimensional cut-outs, or little figurines.  Have you ever wondered where nativity scenes and the customs of displaying them come from? She says that nativity scenes were the inv...

Associated Press BETHLEHEM, West Bank — Bethlehem on Thursday ushered in Christmas Eve with a stream of joyous marching bands and the triumphant arrival of the top Catholic clergyman in the Holy Land, but few people were there to greet them as the coronavirus pandemic and a strict lockdown dampened celebrations in the traditional birthplace of Jesus. Similar subdued scenes were repeated across the world as the festive family gatherings and packed prayers that typically mark the holiday were s...

On Christmas Eve in Italy, church bells rang earlier than usual. The Italian government’s 10 p.m. curfew prompted pastors to move up services, with “Midnight” Mass starting Thursday evening in some churches as early as a couple hours after dark. Pope Francis, who has said people “must obey” civil authorities’ measures to fight the spread […]

Neighbor to Neighbor: ‘Embellish the Interior Passageways’ and other high falutin’ Christmas songs Annie Kramer Siskiyou Daily News Hi, neighbor, and Merry Christmas! By the time you read this, we will have passed through the winter solstice, and it will be only two more days until Christmas. If the night skies were clear on Monday night, then perhaps you had the chance to see the bright light from the rare conjunction of Saturn and Jupiter as they passed in relatively close proximity to ...

Subdued scenes were repeated across the world as the festive family gatherings and packed prayers that typically mark the holiday were scaled back or canceled.

Instead of gathering together in a church to celebrate Christ and the Christmas holiday, churchgoers will have to watch and participate in mass from their home this year.

Pope Francis celebrates socially-distanced Christmas Eve Mass as pandemic puts damper on holiday Updated on: December 24, 2020 / 3:41 PM / AP Pope offers blessing at Christmas Eve Mass On Christmas Eve in Italy, church bells rang earlier than usual. The Italian governments 10 p.m. curfew prompted pastors to move up services, with "Midnight" Mass starting Thursday evening in some churches as early as a couple hours after dark.  Pope Francis, who has said people "must obey" civil author...