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January 2026

January 06, 2026

Lessons From the Holy Name of Jesus and Epiphany

After Learning the Lessons From St. Steven And St. John | And Lessons From The...

January 01, 2026

Lessons From the Feast of Holy Innocents and the Holy Family

The first few days of Christmas we learned some Lessons From St. Steven And St....

December 2025

December 27, 2025

Lessons From St. Steven and St. John

Why You Should Pay Attention at Mass There are many good reasons why you should...

December 25, 2025

Christmas Around the World

Life is busy around the holiday season, so Here is a quick look at some...

December 24, 2025

Some Christmas Thoughts For Christmas Day

Did You Know? The real substance of Christmas is rooted in the liturgical observances of...

December 22, 2025

Just in Time For Christmas

Christians who want to keep Christ in Christmas, Christians who put up Navity Sets, Christians...

December 25, 2024

All People Come Together To Worship Jesus at Christmas

Christmas is the time of year when people of all religions come together to worship...

December 24, 2024

Christmas Tunes and Hymns In the Last 100 Years

Over a century ago Christmas Music was mostly hymns about the birth of Christ, Mary...

December 20, 2024

Christmas Tunes and Hymns Before 1925

There is nothing quite like getting together with a bunch of O-Come All Ye faithful...

December 17, 2024

Secular and Religious Christmas Movie Recommendations

It's that time of the year when several major holidays have been celebrated within...

January 2024

January 06, 2024

Cultural Diversity in the Nativity Scene

What was it like for the shepherds to witness the glory of the heavenly choir...

December 2023

December 25, 2023

The 12 Popes of Christmas Vatican 2

Let us be inspired this Christmas with the merry mystical words of the successors of...

December 23, 2023

The 12 Popes of Christmas Vatican 1

Let us be inspired this Christmas with the merry mystical words of the successors of...

December 19, 2023

It’s the Most Stressful Time of the Year

I recently changed internet providers. Going online and trying to cancel your previous internet provider...

December 25, 2022

Papal Thoughts About Christmas

On all days and at all times, dearly beloved, does the birth of our Lord...

December 24, 2022

Christmas Thoughts and Laughs

Here is my Christmas gift to you all, Videos of Christmas Cheer, Thoughts and Laughs...

December 22, 2022

Honest Trailer Pitch Meeting Christmas

The Advent Holiday Christmas season is mad busy with extraordinary out of the way things like...

December 26, 2021

This Week in Christmas 2021

Here is the Last of my Advent Reflections turned into Christmas Reflections to close out...

December 25, 2021

Christmas Tidbits of Trivia

151 years ago, Christmas was declared a federal holiday in the United States on June...

December 24, 2021

A Broad Chorus of Christmas Thoughts….

There seems to be two things that you never want to talk about with others...

March 2021

March 25, 2021

9 Shopping Months Till Christmas

As I was laying in bed at 4:30 AM, I continued to contemplate something about...

January 2021

January 10, 2021

Questions Descend Upon Jesus’s Baptism

The splash of the water The Jordan River became Holy Water Cousin Baptizing Cousin The...

January 03, 2021

The Celebration of the Theophany of Christ

At the shopping malls, the ones that are open, they have stopped playing music related...

December 2020

December 25, 2020

While you were Opening your Presents, This Happen…

150 Posts ago, The Catholic Bard published its first post. 150 years ago, Christmas was...

December 24, 2020

A Very Patheos Catholic Christmas

Merry Christmas from all of us at Patheos Catholic. Here are some Christmas thoughts from...

December 18, 2020

Christmas Thoughts During Advent

There is more to Christmas than just Christ’s birth. It serves as the beginning of...