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5 days ago · Yes. Catholics have an obligation to attend Mass on both Christmas Day, Saturday, Dec. 25, and on the following day, Sunday, Dec. 26. Each obligation must be fulfilled, so one Mass on the afternoon of Christmas will not fulfill both obligations.
5 days ago · We pray it for 25 days in preparation for Christ’s coming on Christmas. The novena is not for Saint Andrew’s intercession, however. It helps us contemplate and prepare for Christ’s birth throughout the Advent season and reminds us of the true meaning of Christmas.
1 day ago · The Meaning of Christmas. Thanks to St Francis, the Christian people were able to perceive that at Christmas God truly became the “Emmanuel”, the God-with-us from whom no barrier nor any distance can separate us.
2 days ago · The English word Christmas is a shortened form of 'Christ's Mass'. The word is recorded as Crīstesmæsse in 1038 and Cristes-messe in 1131. Crīst (genitive Crīstes) is from the Greek Χριστός (Khrīstos, 'Christ'), a translation of the Hebrew מָשִׁיחַ (Māšîaḥ, 'Messiah'), meaning 'anointed'; and mæsse is from the Latin missa, the celebration of the Eucharist.
3 days ago · Answer: Christians celebrate Christmas to commemorate the birth of Jesus Christ, who they believe is the Son of God and the savior of humanity. Here are some key reasons why Christmas is celebrated: 1. Biblical Significance. Nativity Story: The Gospels of Matthew and Luke provide accounts of Jesus’ birth. These narratives describe the virgin ...
5 days ago · Christmas, Christian festival celebrating the birth of Jesus. The English term Christmas (“mass on Christ’s day”) is of fairly recent origin. The earlier term Yule may have derived from the Germanic jōl or the Anglo-Saxon geōl, which referred to the feast of the winter solstice.
19 hours ago · Box office. $101.7 million [5] The Nightmare Before Christmas (also known as Tim Burton's The Nightmare Before Christmas) is a 1993 American stop-motion animated musical fantasy film directed by Henry Selick in his feature directorial debut and produced and conceived by Tim Burton. It tells the story of Jack Skellington, the King of " Halloween ...
