Prayers
Scriptural meditation based on the family tree of Jesus.
The Immaculate Conception
What is December 8th?
The Angel who proclaimed the Incarnation to Mary
Who is the Archangel Gabriel?
Celebrated with processions of candle-wreath-crowns and cinnamon rolls.
What is St. Lucy's Day (December 13th)?
Prayed fifteen times a day from St. Andrew's Day to Christmas Day.
December 6th
When is St. Nicholas' Day?
Mary's mother.
Who is St. Anne?
A Hispanic parade/procession imitating Joseph and Mary's sojourn through Bethlehem.
What is Las Posadas?
Seven Adventian antiphons prayed in the days leading up to Christmas Eve, forming the acrostic ERO CRAS.
What are the O Antiphons?
Feast day celebrated on the second day of Christmas, "...when the snow lay on the ground/deep and crisp and even."
What is the feast of (St.) Stephen?
The Three Kings' names
What are Melchior, Balthazar, and Caspar?
The four virtues symbolized by the Advent candles.
What are Hope, Peace, Joy, and Love?
"Lord, now You let Your servant go in peace. Your Word has been fulfilled. Mine own eyes have seen the salvation which You have prepared in the sight of every people. A Light to reveal You to the nations and the glory of Your People, Israel."
What is the Canticle of Simeon? (Luke 2:29-32)
St. Adam and Eve's feast day
What is Christmas Eve?
The group of martyrs killed in pursuit of the Christchild.
Who were the Holy Innocents?
A popular decoration originated by St. Francis of Assisi.
What is the Crèche, or, Nativity Scene?
A Christmas song written as a secret code for Catholic catechism during English persecution.
What is "The Twelve Days of Christmas"?
A Marian feast day commemorating the miraculous transportation of her house to save it from the Turks.
What is the feast of Our Lady of Loreto (December 10th)?
Who was Quirinius?
What Christmas tree ornaments symbolize.
What is the fruit on the tree of the knowledge of good and evil?