{"id":17247,"date":"2012-12-15T08:40:07","date_gmt":"2012-12-15T14:40:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/praytellblog.com\/?p=17247"},"modified":"2013-06-11T14:11:45","modified_gmt":"2013-06-11T20:11:45","slug":"a-profoundly-blue-christmas","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/praytellblog.com\/index.php\/2012\/12\/15\/a-profoundly-blue-christmas\/","title":{"rendered":"A profoundly blue Christmas"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Little did I know when I posted something about &#8220;blue Christmas&#8221;-liturgies here recently that people not far from where I live would be forced to confront such a profoundly horrific blue Christmas indeed. I write as a mother with a son in the Connecticut school-system. My heart missed a beat yesterday.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Little did I know when I posted something about &#8220;blue Christmas&#8221;-liturgies here recently that people not far from where I live would be forced to confront such a profoundly horrific blue Christmas indeed. I write as a mother with a son in the Connecticut school-system. My heart missed a beat yesterday.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":8,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[17],"tags":[562,2439],"class_list":["post-17247","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-liturgical-spirituality","tag-christmas","tag-newtown-shooting"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.8 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>A profoundly blue Christmas - Home<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/praytellblog.com\/index.php\/2012\/12\/15\/a-profoundly-blue-christmas\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"A profoundly blue Christmas - Home\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Little did I know when I posted something about &#8220;blue Christmas&#8221;-liturgies here recently that people not far from where I live would be forced to confront such a profoundly horrific blue Christmas indeed. I write as a mother with a son in the Connecticut school-system. My heart missed a beat yesterday.\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/praytellblog.com\/index.php\/2012\/12\/15\/a-profoundly-blue-christmas\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Home\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2012-12-15T14:40:07+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2013-06-11T20:11:45+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/praytellblog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/pt.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"411\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"90\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Teresa Berger\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Teresa Berger\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\\\/\\\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/praytellblog.com\\\/index.php\\\/2012\\\/12\\\/15\\\/a-profoundly-blue-christmas\\\/#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/praytellblog.com\\\/index.php\\\/2012\\\/12\\\/15\\\/a-profoundly-blue-christmas\\\/\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"Teresa Berger\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/praytellblog.com\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/82a34b30adfbe1d150d95e2fd06e90d4\"},\"headline\":\"A profoundly blue Christmas\",\"datePublished\":\"2012-12-15T14:40:07+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2013-06-11T20:11:45+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/praytellblog.com\\\/index.php\\\/2012\\\/12\\\/15\\\/a-profoundly-blue-christmas\\\/\"},\"wordCount\":56,\"commentCount\":2,\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/praytellblog.com\\\/#organization\"},\"keywords\":[\"Christmas\",\"Newtown Shooting\"],\"articleSection\":[\"Liturgical Spirituality\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"CommentAction\",\"name\":\"Comment\",\"target\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/praytellblog.com\\\/index.php\\\/2012\\\/12\\\/15\\\/a-profoundly-blue-christmas\\\/#respond\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/praytellblog.com\\\/index.php\\\/2012\\\/12\\\/15\\\/a-profoundly-blue-christmas\\\/\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/praytellblog.com\\\/index.php\\\/2012\\\/12\\\/15\\\/a-profoundly-blue-christmas\\\/\",\"name\":\"A profoundly blue Christmas - Home\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/praytellblog.com\\\/#website\"},\"datePublished\":\"2012-12-15T14:40:07+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2013-06-11T20:11:45+00:00\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/praytellblog.com\\\/index.php\\\/2012\\\/12\\\/15\\\/a-profoundly-blue-christmas\\\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/praytellblog.com\\\/index.php\\\/2012\\\/12\\\/15\\\/a-profoundly-blue-christmas\\\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/praytellblog.com\\\/index.php\\\/2012\\\/12\\\/15\\\/a-profoundly-blue-christmas\\\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\\\/\\\/praytellblog.com\\\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"A profoundly blue Christmas\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/praytellblog.com\\\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/praytellblog.com\\\/\",\"name\":\"Home\",\"description\":\"Worship, Wit &amp; Wisdom\",\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/praytellblog.com\\\/#organization\"},\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\\\/\\\/praytellblog.com\\\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Organization\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/praytellblog.com\\\/#organization\",\"name\":\"Home\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/praytellblog.com\\\/\",\"logo\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/praytellblog.com\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/logo\\\/image\\\/\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/praytellblog.com\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2023\\\/09\\\/cropped-BlogHeaderFinal2.jpg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/praytellblog.com\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2023\\\/09\\\/cropped-BlogHeaderFinal2.jpg\",\"width\":1340,\"height\":209,\"caption\":\"Home\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/praytellblog.com\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/logo\\\/image\\\/\"}},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/praytellblog.com\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/82a34b30adfbe1d150d95e2fd06e90d4\",\"name\":\"Teresa Berger\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/praytellblog.com\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2024\\\/01\\\/Berger-PIC-iPhone-96x96.jpg?crop=1\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/praytellblog.com\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2024\\\/01\\\/Berger-PIC-iPhone-96x96.jpg?crop=1\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/praytellblog.com\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2024\\\/01\\\/Berger-PIC-iPhone-96x96.jpg?crop=1\",\"caption\":\"Teresa Berger\"},\"description\":\"Teresa Berger is Professor of Liturgical Studies at the Yale Institute of Sacred Music and Yale Divinity School in New Haven, CT, USA, where she also serves as the Thomas E. Golden Jr. Professor of Catholic Theology. She holds doctorates in both theology and in liturgical studies. Recent publications include an edited volume, Full of Your Glory: Liturgy, Cosmos, Creation (2019), and a monograph titled @ Worship: Liturgical Practices in Digital Worlds (2018). Earlier publications include Gender Differences and the Making of Liturgical History (2011), Fragments of Real Presence (2005), and a video documentary, Worship in Women\u2019s Hands (2007).\",\"sameAs\":[\"http:\\\/\\\/www.yale.edu\\\/ism\"],\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/praytellblog.com\\\/index.php\\\/author\\\/tberger\\\/\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"A profoundly blue Christmas - Home","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/praytellblog.com\/index.php\/2012\/12\/15\/a-profoundly-blue-christmas\/","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"A profoundly blue Christmas - Home","og_description":"Little did I know when I posted something about &#8220;blue Christmas&#8221;-liturgies here recently that people not far from where I live would be forced to confront such a profoundly horrific blue Christmas indeed. I write as a mother with a son in the Connecticut school-system. My heart missed a beat yesterday.","og_url":"https:\/\/praytellblog.com\/index.php\/2012\/12\/15\/a-profoundly-blue-christmas\/","og_site_name":"Home","article_published_time":"2012-12-15T14:40:07+00:00","article_modified_time":"2013-06-11T20:11:45+00:00","og_image":[{"width":411,"height":90,"url":"https:\/\/praytellblog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/pt.jpg","type":"image\/jpeg"}],"author":"Teresa Berger","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"Teresa Berger"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Article","@id":"https:\/\/praytellblog.com\/index.php\/2012\/12\/15\/a-profoundly-blue-christmas\/#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/praytellblog.com\/index.php\/2012\/12\/15\/a-profoundly-blue-christmas\/"},"author":{"name":"Teresa Berger","@id":"https:\/\/praytellblog.com\/#\/schema\/person\/82a34b30adfbe1d150d95e2fd06e90d4"},"headline":"A profoundly blue Christmas","datePublished":"2012-12-15T14:40:07+00:00","dateModified":"2013-06-11T20:11:45+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/praytellblog.com\/index.php\/2012\/12\/15\/a-profoundly-blue-christmas\/"},"wordCount":56,"commentCount":2,"publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/praytellblog.com\/#organization"},"keywords":["Christmas","Newtown Shooting"],"articleSection":["Liturgical Spirituality"],"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"CommentAction","name":"Comment","target":["https:\/\/praytellblog.com\/index.php\/2012\/12\/15\/a-profoundly-blue-christmas\/#respond"]}]},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/praytellblog.com\/index.php\/2012\/12\/15\/a-profoundly-blue-christmas\/","url":"https:\/\/praytellblog.com\/index.php\/2012\/12\/15\/a-profoundly-blue-christmas\/","name":"A profoundly blue Christmas - Home","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/praytellblog.com\/#website"},"datePublished":"2012-12-15T14:40:07+00:00","dateModified":"2013-06-11T20:11:45+00:00","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/praytellblog.com\/index.php\/2012\/12\/15\/a-profoundly-blue-christmas\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/praytellblog.com\/index.php\/2012\/12\/15\/a-profoundly-blue-christmas\/"]}]},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/praytellblog.com\/index.php\/2012\/12\/15\/a-profoundly-blue-christmas\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/praytellblog.com\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"A profoundly blue Christmas"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/praytellblog.com\/#website","url":"https:\/\/praytellblog.com\/","name":"Home","description":"Worship, Wit &amp; Wisdom","publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/praytellblog.com\/#organization"},"potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/praytellblog.com\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https:\/\/praytellblog.com\/#organization","name":"Home","url":"https:\/\/praytellblog.com\/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/praytellblog.com\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/praytellblog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/cropped-BlogHeaderFinal2.jpg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/praytellblog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/cropped-BlogHeaderFinal2.jpg","width":1340,"height":209,"caption":"Home"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/praytellblog.com\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/"}},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/praytellblog.com\/#\/schema\/person\/82a34b30adfbe1d150d95e2fd06e90d4","name":"Teresa Berger","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/praytellblog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/Berger-PIC-iPhone-96x96.jpg?crop=1","url":"https:\/\/praytellblog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/Berger-PIC-iPhone-96x96.jpg?crop=1","contentUrl":"https:\/\/praytellblog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/Berger-PIC-iPhone-96x96.jpg?crop=1","caption":"Teresa Berger"},"description":"Teresa Berger is Professor of Liturgical Studies at the Yale Institute of Sacred Music and Yale Divinity School in New Haven, CT, USA, where she also serves as the Thomas E. Golden Jr. Professor of Catholic Theology. She holds doctorates in both theology and in liturgical studies. Recent publications include an edited volume, Full of Your Glory: Liturgy, Cosmos, Creation (2019), and a monograph titled @ Worship: Liturgical Practices in Digital Worlds (2018). Earlier publications include Gender Differences and the Making of Liturgical History (2011), Fragments of Real Presence (2005), and a video documentary, Worship in Women\u2019s Hands (2007).","sameAs":["http:\/\/www.yale.edu\/ism"],"url":"https:\/\/praytellblog.com\/index.php\/author\/tberger\/"}]}},"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/praytellblog.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17247","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/praytellblog.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/praytellblog.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/praytellblog.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/8"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/praytellblog.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=17247"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/praytellblog.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17247\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":20141,"href":"https:\/\/praytellblog.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17247\/revisions\/20141"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/praytellblog.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=17247"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/praytellblog.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=17247"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/praytellblog.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=17247"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}