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r9y ,y , ,Drs'aY the aheepf,the ox land the donkey, the birds,
the trees and plants mistletoe the holly and
A the ivy, play their role. Read the prayer of the.
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you sure: you .have nothing to do with that
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reads 'What this planet needs is more " ` ,•
mistle oe and less missile -talk."
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of the human race, when God became man.
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than through its mother and the just man. ••
Joseph? This scene is still very real;and will be ^'`•" ''E_
for all time to come. It steals nothing from,
God's greatness nor belittles His mysterious 31�'
FATHER • P. A. OOSTVEEN
redemption. '
i Mary and Joseph, you are masters of faith. L
Just as you were beside Jesus, you are still_ ^
SO hallow the•ti'm beside ust ;,� �' y;,. his you and your loved ones
e to teach us to be small and poor, humble in ;
our works hidden in life, courageous in trial �£5 - P share your joy we wish you
P - By Father P. A.Oostveen ready to pray and love and give. And when the `
of St. Coiumban Rom4n Catholic Church hour of death comes, may our eyes, as they REV. M. E. REUBER cheer and (Food wishes at Christmas.
Some say that ever 'gainst that season scan the sky, pick out the Same star, that was
comes in your sky. in Bethlehem, when Jesus was
T Wher'in our•.Saviour's birth is celebrated born.
I The bird of dawning singeth all, n ight Christmas is the feast for all the human race FRANK KL I N G LTD.
! lung everyone is invited: the old and wise, the
poor, the sick, the pagan, the criminal and the
And then, they- say, no spirit can walk Guiding Star a m ster terrorist, josh and sinners and ail theabroad; children.An old English carol tells about this:
The nights are wholesome; then no planets In a manger laid. and wrapp'd I was,
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i No fairy tales, nor witch has power to So very poor, this was my chance,
charm, Betwixt an ox and a silly poor ass, 4���.�3t.
To call my true love to my dance. ,
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(William Shakespeare, Hamlet.) , ! •
_ t ' By Rev, M.E.Reuber There is a'mystery about that guiding star.
There are literally thousands of stories and ; " - of Northside United Church They first see the star in the east, before
9 remarks, that have to do with Christmas, starting out on that search. They continued
Here is one: In a neighbouring parish (was And when they saw the star they rejoiced with the long and costly journey across the desert
it Dublin?) the pastor had made arrangements
p,, exceeding great joy. Matthew 2:10 without its guiding light. The wise men were
�� � not sure for whom they were searching; or
in Montreal for a Christmas sign on' the �;
rectory lawn. When he got home from the long ::'v` It's difficult to. imagine Christmas without where he was to be found. on W
r the hopes and. anticipations of the Old
trip, he had forgotten the exact dimensions. Testament prophets; the accounts of the priest Neither are we! They enquire at Herod's
He wired the sign company: "Send motto and i- �.-' Zechariah and his wife Elizabeth, or of the Jerusalem .palace for direction as well as Aluminum Eaves tro u g h
f size of sign"• pious family of Joseph and Mary. Suppose instruction. On leaving the palace, they see
f . , The next d'ay an astonished clerk sent this' there had been no angel shekinah in the the star again,and rejoice.TheY were on the REQUIRES no PAINTING ,and
telegram from Montreal: "Unto us a child is right track.'The follow its guiding light until GUARIANTEED for 24 YEARS.
born - eight feet long and three feet wide." to Bethlehem's
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� Many people are not moved by Bethlehem; ' to Bethlehem's manger -Saviour, or that the the star stood over the stable where the young
manger had been empty. Saviour -child was. Their search -and journey
they think and live more or less like Scrooge: , ',J"� was over. They bow down in homage and Installed in
p "What's Christmas time to you but a time for What if the shepherds or the wise men had WHITE — BLACK --'BROWN or GREEN
� worship with costly gifts, as the shepherds
? paying bills vbithout money - a time for finding discovered another child like all the rest of had done. In the Christ -child they discovered
yourself' a• year older and not an hour Bethlehem, instead of this Jesus, who would that they and all men consciously 'and We also carry a complete line -of
richer ... If I had my way every idiot, who goes Prayer of the donkey save his people from their sins! Christmas w
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around with "Merry Christmas" on his lips, would be impoverished if any of these details ,
I should be boiled in his own pudding and O.,Pod, who made me were deliberately. .overlooked. There is A Scottish theologian comments that the FREE ESTIMATES CALL
iiuried with a stake ofholly through his To�.trud a alon the road something „divinely right, about these significance of the Christmas accounts is not
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I hope that tfie boy ot" Cvfiri'sfmas viitl reach ` And to be beaten always; over the anticipations and hopes of the therewerethree or five wise men, but whether Be'arss Aluminu'm'
you deep inside this time again and better, Give me great courage, gentleness prophet Isaiah, and,made .them her own. they are relevant. It's so easy to become lost
than Dickens' stake of holly. The mystery of One day Yet the guiding star, the angel visitation to in the nostalgia of these Biblical accounts 527-1295
I the Nativify is very real and surrounds all the ' Let somebody understand me some shepherds who were keeping watch over we've enjoyed since the were children, or in a
Vhuman race. Its idyllic setting remains the I can never say what I mean • their flocks by day as well•as by night, are the 'baby -adoration'. Man can forget that this
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f same: the Child, the Virgin Mother, the just And they make fun of me. setting of that first'Christmas.The quality of Savious-child grew into a man with a saving W e would I1 k e t0 take this
man Joseph. Let me find a juicy thistle - Christmas is discovered in the divine gospel. Without the light of these accounts to
The feast of Christmas on December 25 has And ive me time to ick it. opportunity to wish
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been with us since the year 30b A.D. g p characteristics of the manger -Saviour, as guide him, man can lose his way, and not find
Y And, Lord, let me find again, anticipated by the Old Testament prophet, Him , who is the Saviour, the Might God, the
A (Somewhere between 274 and 336). St. One day Mighty God, Everlasting Father, Wonderful, Everlasting Father and the Prince of Peace, of ALL a MERRY' C'HRISTMAS
q Francis dramatized the story fo.Christ's birth The little Child of the
earl That was in 1223; it's still moves us � Counsellor, and of his reign :ind government whose reign and government there will be no
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