religion notes unit 15
faith summary
Christmas is more that just December 25 the day we celebrate Jesus' birthday . it is a season of the liturgical year when we celebrate several feasts including the Feast of the Epiphany. On that day we celebrate the visit of the Magi to the infant Jesus the Day that Jesus was revealed as the Savior of the world
Epiphany
the day on which we celebrate the visit of the Magi to Jesus after his birth this is the day that Jesus was revealed as the Savior of the whole world
mass during Christmas
during Christmas we read readings about the story of Jesus christ and from the Epiphany the cooler of the liturgical season of Christmas is white in the tale the three Magi brought gifts of gold frankincense and myrrh
celebrating Christmas
Christmas is thought of a one day celebration but it acutely a season in the liturgical year between Advent and the Ordinary time and starts on December 24 and lasts 2-to-3 weeks. during Christmas we welcome Jesus and celebrate other feasts like the Feast of the Epiphany on January 6 and ends Christmas with the Feast of Baptism which we celebrate on the Sunday after Epiphany Christmas is one of the shorts seasons but it s also the joyfullest. the word Christmas comes from an old word English Cristes Maesse meaning Mass of Christ
what the epiphany is about
The Feast of The Epiphany celebrates the announcement of Jesus birth and the arrival of the Magi
the Epiphany
the word Epiphany means revelation making some thing known. The Epiphany celebrates the news of the birth of God's son Jesus to the world and three Magi were the first to proclaim Jesus as King when the Magi told the king of the hebrew people the king was worried that he mite lose his power so he plotted to kill him and the Magi went to go out and see the new born king will there kidded by aster in the night will there were bringing valuable gifts