(Sermon Notes by Venerable John Henry Newman, 1851)<\/p>\n
\n1. INTROD.\ufffd[The] two chief festivals [of the Church are] 2. Yet somehow we adorn our churches more brightly and spontaneously, now than 3. Why is this? Christmas is easier to understand to the mass of men; it comes 4. It is the difference between coming and going. The apostles felt that sorrow 5. All our human feelings are soothed by Christmas\ufffd {96} Abraham had to leave 6. And coming, He brightens everything. He does not take away, He adds. He adds 7. He makes the world our home, for he deigns to be the light of it. He sanctifies 8. And we think of Him who put off all His glory, of which our celebrations 9. Let us rejoice in Him.<\/font><\/p>\n \nI am sorry about stepping into the territory of (Sermon Notes by Venerable John Henry Newman, 1851) 1. INTROD.\ufffd[The] two chief festivals [of the Church are] Easter and Christmas; [of these] Easter [is] the greater. 2. Yet somehow we…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-8462","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.splendoroftruth.com\/curtjester\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8462","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.splendoroftruth.com\/curtjester\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.splendoroftruth.com\/curtjester\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.splendoroftruth.com\/curtjester\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.splendoroftruth.com\/curtjester\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=8462"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.splendoroftruth.com\/curtjester\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8462\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.splendoroftruth.com\/curtjester\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=8462"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.splendoroftruth.com\/curtjester\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=8462"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.splendoroftruth.com\/curtjester\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=8462"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
\nEaster and Christmas; [of these] Easter [is] the greater.<\/p>\n
\nthen. There is more of heart, apparently, in what we do. And there is an inexpressible
\ncharm over all. The midnight Mass, the three Masses. The special representations,
\nwhether the Stable or the Infant. [Again, the singing of] carols.<\/p>\n
\nhome to them more readily, and imposes an easier duty on our worship.<\/p>\n
\nfilled their hearts [at the going of the Lord]. Mane nobiscum Domine. Easter
\nis the feast of the perfect. If we were perfect, we should rejoice in Easter
\nthe more [of the two festivals]. In the one Christ comes to us, in the other
\nwe go to Christ.<\/p>\n
\nhis country.\ufffdWe naturally do not like to move. We are allowed to remain at home:
\nChrist comes to us as our guest.<\/p>\n
\ngrace to Nature. If at any time we might love the world, it is now. If at any
\ntime, [it is when He is come to be our Emmanuel].<\/p>\n
\nfamilies with the image of Mary and Jesus. And where there is no home in a family,
\nthen He brings us all together in one family in church. The midnight Mass is
\nour holy celebration [of Christmas], eclipsing the world’s merrymaking.<\/p>\n
\nare but a type. The priestly vestments a type of His glory, [which He put off
\nin order] to come into this bleak prison and suffer for us.<\/p>\n
\npost and I promise not to post on Tolkien since I discovered Tolkien even later
\nthan I came into Christianity.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"