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Vol 11 Issue 51~ Editor: Rev. Fr. Courtney Edward Krier
December 22, 2018 ~ Saint Frances Xavier Cabrini, opn!

1.      What is the Sacrament of Confirmation
2.      Fourth Sunday in Advent
3.      Ten Holy Martyrs of Crete
4.      Family and Marriage
5.      Articles and notices

Dear Reader:

[11] For, this day, is born to you a Saviour, who is Christ the Lord, in the city of David. [12] And this shall be a sign unto you. You shall find the infant wrapped in swaddling clothes, and laid in a manger. [13] And suddenly there was with the angel a multitude of the heavenly army, praising God, and saying: [14] Glory to God in the highest; and on earth peace to men of good will. [15] And it came to pass, after the angels departed from them into heaven, the shepherds said one to another: Let us go over to Bethlehem, and let us see this word that is come to pass, which the Lord hath shewed to us. Luke 2:11