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  • Keep a Catholic Christmas

    The other night, while driving in a suburb of what used to be known as Steel City, we noticed that nearly all of the home Christmas lights had been taken down, and put away. The houses had lost their Christmas glow and warmth, and appeared bare and plain, set as they were against the dark winter sky; but as we pulled…

  • The Infant King

    As the Church continues its Octave of the Nativity, which is one long Christmas day, thoughts about the Infant King cross the mind. Catholic devotion to Jesus Christ in His babyhood is long and rich. It has shown itself in Nativity sets, and paintings, statues, prayer, song, and poetry. Fish Eaters report that: Devotion to the Infant Jesus is another aspect of…

  • In the Bleak Midwinter

    In the bleak midwinter, frosty wind made moan,Earth stood hard as iron, water like a stone;Snow had fallen, snow on snow, snow on snow,In the bleak midwinter, long ago. Our God, Heaven cannot hold Him, nor earth sustain;Heaven and earth shall flee away when He comes to reign.In the bleak midwinter a stable place sufficedThe Lord God Almighty, Jesus Christ.…

  • Merry Christmas!

    May God bless you on this Great Day! From our houses at Christmas, to you and yours, S. C. Fischer, CFW, KBF, and ATF

  • Keep Mary in Christmas

    “Those holy heads are too near together for the halos not to mingle and cross.” ~G.K. Chesterton As you think of the Christmas story this week, notice something very Catholic in it; specifically, the origins of our love and devotion to the Blessed Virgin Mary. Our devotion to Our Lady springs from the fact that the Son of God was conceived by…