Episcopal Life Online Daybook -- Today is Friday, November 30, 2007. The Church calendar remembers Saint Andrew the Apostle.
* Today in Scripture: http://www.episcopalchurch.org/82457_ENG_HTM.htm * Today in Prayer: Anglican Cycle of Prayer: http://www.anglicancommunion.org/acp/index.cfm * Today in History: On this day in 1554, recently crowned Queen of England, Mary Tudor, daughter of Henry VIII, restored Roman Catholicism to the country.
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Catalyst: "Unwrapping the Gifts: The Twelve Days of Christmas" from Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, Inc., by Curtis G. Almquist, 101 pages, paperback, c. 2006, $13.95
[Source: Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, Inc.] The twelve days of Christmas follow from December 25 until January 6, the Feast of the Epiphany, the traditional date when the Magi arrived to present gifts to infant Jesus. For many, the meaning of these days is lost. By Christmas night people are saturated with the holiday hype, overfed by music and food, and may already be disappointed that the presents received are not enough. The book is not a bah humbug about Christmas customs and presents. This is simply an invitation to go deeper than the tinsel and wrappings, beyond the presents given and received, to the source of all the good gifts in life. Readers are invited to unwrap gifts that will last, praying the twelve days of Christmas.
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