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Christmas Pageant Link-Up

Below is the Linky to share your Christmas pageant posts. Please link to the individual post and not the entire blog. I look forward to seeing everyone's pictures! Happy Feast Day.

Quotable

"The Advent mystery is the beginning of the end of all in us that is not yet Christ."

Thomas Merton

A Christmas Banner

As a gift to all the wonderful readers here at O Night Divine, my friend Chris has donated a banner she made especially for you. Chris is the creative genius behind Banners by Chris, she custom makes banners for your special occasion, a holiday or just to match your home and express something. 

 

I have hung tha banners between windows, along the bannister, over the fireplace, and across the shelving in the kitchen. They are very festive and pretty.  

So to enter, leave a comment here telling us which is your favorite Christmas deocration. Also leave a comment over at the O Night Divine Facebook fan page for another chance to win. The winner will be chosen on Friday.  

Good luck everyone and thanks for being here.

 

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Third Sunday of Advent ~2014

Gaudete Sunday!

Collect:  "O God, who see how your people faithfully await the feast of the Lord's Nativity, enable us, we pray, to attain the joys of so great a salvation and to celebrate them always with solemn worship and glad rejoicing. Through our Lord Jesus Christ, your Son, who lives and reigns with you in the unity of the Holy Spirit, one God, for ever and ever."

A Giveaway!

In honor of Our Lady of Guadalupe, whose feast day is this Friday, December 12th, I am giving away these two planners with Our Lady's beautiful image on the covers.

Leave a comment below telling me why you'd like to win a planner (for example: "I need to organize my life!" or "I want to give it as a gift!") then tick the box on the rafflecopter widget below and you'll be entered!

Visit the O Night Divine and Catholic Daily Planner Facebook pages for more entries, and share, pin and tweet daily for even more!

I will draw two winners on Friday the 12th at 3PM (EST). One winner for the large planner and one for the small planner. I'll mail them out to the winners on Monday the 15th*.

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Christmas Pageant Link-Up

For many years now my family has participated in our parish's annual Christmas pageants.  We always found it to be a most rewarding and enjoyable experience.  I have had children perform as Baby Jesus (by perfrming I mean sleeping in my arms as Dave and I play Mary and Joseph), we've had angels, shepherds, and in utero John the Baptist (Like Winter Waiting) and many other little and big roles.  These productions serve to, not only, provide a lot of enjoyment for those attending (what's cuter than five year old angels or six year old shepherds?) but to also bind children to their faith by providing a visual of the Nativity story.  It's a beautiful tradition. 

I love looking at the photos people post of their shepherds, angels, kings and the Holy Family. I think it's one of the most endearing parts of the Advent season, so I thought it would be fun to host a link-up of Christmas pageant posts on the Feast of the Holy Family. December 29th just link your post here and we can all enjoy the beautiful pageant photos and further promote Catholic culture.

In this day when our right to display Nativities in public and enact living Nativity scenes is under constant attack let's do what we can to promote this tradition and share a little of the joy it brings to the season.

Won't you join us?

 

Kevin as Joseph

2012

Second Sunday of Advent ~ 2014

Kevin, as young John the Baptist

 

 

“One mightier than I is coming after me.
I am not worthy to stoop and loosen the thongs of his sandals.
I have baptized you with water;
he will baptize you with the Holy Spirit.” Mark 1:8