So this is the absolute last chance that I can possibly get away with saying this for another year:
Merry Christmas!
Merry Christmas!
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CF has always been a site that welcomes people from different backgrounds and beliefs to participate in discussion and even debate. That is the nature of its ministry. In view of recent events emotions are running very high. We need to remind people of some basic principles in debating on this site. We need to be civil when we express differences in opinion. No personal attacks. Avoid you, your statements. Don't characterize an entire political party with comparisons to Fascism or Communism or other extreme movements that committed atrocities. CF is not the place for broad brush or blanket statements about groups and political parties. Put the broad brushes and blankets away when you come to CF, better yet, put them in the incinerator. Debate had no place for them. We need to remember that people that commit acts of violence represent themselves or a small extreme faction.
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Roald said:
No, you're right - the Christmas cycle ends with the feast of the Purification of the BVM, on February 2. In the Office, the Marian hymn changes from Alma Redemptoris Mater, used since Advent, to the Lenten Ave, Regina Caelorum.
You could also consider the Christmas cycle to end with Time after Epiphany, or the first part of Ordinary Time, so you all following the new calendar have until February 8.
Those of us following the '62 calendar are already in Septuagesima, which starts the Easter portion of the liturgical year (and no more Alleluias until the Easter Vigil).So even though it's after midnight now, I haven't said Matins yet, so I'll give everyone one last Merry Christmas!
Now go have your throat blessed tomorrow, on the feast of St. Blase.
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