Reflections from the Mount

Christmas Blessings

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– Br. Michael, ofm This year we commemorate the 800th anniversary of Christmas at Greccio where the tradition of the Christmas Crèche (Nativity Scene) finds its history. St. Francis of […]

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Advent 2023 – Week 3 – Celebrating 800 Years of the Nativity Scene

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– Br. Michael, ofm   Eight hundred years ago St. Francis was worried the people of Greccio were forgetting the Bambino of Bethlehem and how present Christ was to them […]

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Christmas at Greccio Christmas at The Mount

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Advent 2023 – Week 2- Celebrating 800 Years of the Nativity Scene

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  Br. Michael, ofm In the Christmas at Greccio 1223 text from the life of St. Francis by Friar Thomas Celano, the account includes the following tidbits of information. “Blessed […]

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Advent 2023 – 800 Years – Celebrating the Nativity Scene

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Advent 2023 – 800 Years – Celebrating the Nativity Scene Each year during the season of Advent we set up Nativity Scenes (crèches) in our homes and churches. This scene […]

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Blessing of the Christmas Crèche

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– Br. Michael, ofm   Blessing of the Christmas Crèche 800 years ago in December of 1223, St. Francis of Assisi had an idea he wanted to share with the […]

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Light Bearers in Times of Darkness

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– Br. Michael, ofm   “You are the light of the world. Now a light does not illumine itself, but instead it diffuses its rays and shines all around upon […]

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