Nativity News, 2006

December 6:
Blessings in the Feast of St. Nicholas of Myra

December 12:
Blessings in the Feast of Our Lady of Guadalupe

Sunday Dec 24, Sunday of the Genealogy,
Lk 3:23-38:
. . . the son of Joseph, the son of Heli, the son of Matthat, the son of Levi, . . . the son of Enosh, the son of Seth, the son of Adam, the son of God.

Sunday Dec 25, Gospel of Christmas Day,
Mt 2.1-12:
. . . behold, wise men from the East came to Jerusalem, saying, “Where is He who has been born King of the Jews? For we have seen His star in the East and have come to worship Him.”

Sunday Dec 31, Sunday After Christmas,
Mt 2.9-15,19-23:
. . . that it might be fulfilled which was spoken by the Lord through the prophet, saying, “Out of Egypt I called My Son.”



Beginning with the Sunday of Sanctification,
and through each of the 8 Sundays of Preparation for Christmas,
a particular aspect of the indwelling of the Holy Spirit is encountered in the Gospel. These 8 Sunday Gospels manifest a "typos & dynamis" of the Holy Spirit's abiding presence, power, and love. Each Gospel especially emphasizes the Spirit in action animating the Incarnation (and subsequently animating Pentecost, animating the ongoing life of the Church across history).

Read more:

The Calendar as Gospel: An Evangelion of History and the Cosmos

New CALENDAR Link: the Malankara Orthodox Church's Liturgical Year
with Lectionary Readings

Sunday, Nov 12, is Hoodhosh Eetho, Dedication & Renewal Sunday. In response to God's free gift of Koodhosh Eetho (sanctification Sunday), Hoodhosh Eetho's Word reveals, in the Anointed One, our dedication & response to the gift in the Spirit.

Sunday Nov 5: Koodhosh Eetho (Sanctification of Church) is the beginning of the Church's liturgical calendar year.
From God's Word for Sanctification Sunday:
You are a chosen people, a royal priesthood, a holy nation,
a people belonging to God, . . . You yourselves are God's temple and God's Spirit lives in you. God's temple is sacred, and you are that temple.



If you are seeking an encounter with the Risen Lord Jesus
in the prayers of "the Mother Church of Jerusalem"
and her Divine Liturgy of St. James of Jerusalem
then you are invited to visit our Sunday Worship
and share with us
the Beauty of the Risen Lord in the New Jerusalem,
Christ, the Light of the East ~