The 14 Days of Christmas

Yes, it's supposed to be twelve, but calendars change with the passing years and for that reason, so the number of days in the Christmas Liturgical Season. This year, with Christmas starting on a Monday, the last day of the Christmas Season (Epiphany Sunday) is actually 14 days away, on January 7th. Now, I'm pretty sure I have that right, but if it's wrong, email me and let me know so I can make a public apology for being a newly-confirmed Catholic convert, ha ha.

Today is also the Feast of St. John the Apostle, also known as St. John the Theologian, the "Beloved Disciple" and Mary Magdalene (according to Dan Brown, how wrong can you be?!). He, like his brother James, was a fisherman called to follow Jesus. He went on to write my favorite of the New Testament Gospels, The Gospel According to John. Let us all take in Mother Mary like St. John did when Christ gave her to us as a spiritual mother.

A comment from saintoftheday.com...
"It is a long way from being eager to sit on a throne of power or to call down fire from heaven to becoming the man who could write: “The way we came to know love was that he laid down his life for us; so we ought to lay down our lives for our brothers” (1 John 3:16)."

Remember to keep saying "Merry Christmas!"