{"id":50457,"date":"2019-12-22T15:04:32","date_gmt":"2019-12-22T21:04:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/praytellblog.com\/?p=50457"},"modified":"2019-12-26T11:26:35","modified_gmt":"2019-12-26T17:26:35","slug":"gospel-communion-christmas","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/praytellblog.com\/index.php\/2019\/12\/22\/gospel-communion-christmas\/","title":{"rendered":"GOSPEL COMMUNION: Christmas"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><strong>December 24\/5, 2019: Christmas &#8211; Midnight, Dawn and Day<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"492\" height=\"400\" src=\"https:\/\/praytellblog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/2019-12-25-Christmas-492x400.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-50459\" srcset=\"https:\/\/praytellblog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/2019-12-25-Christmas-492x400.png 492w, https:\/\/praytellblog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/2019-12-25-Christmas-300x244.png 300w, https:\/\/praytellblog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/2019-12-25-Christmas-80x64.png 80w, https:\/\/praytellblog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/2019-12-25-Christmas.png 649w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 492px) 100vw, 492px\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>The Collegeville Composers provided one\nSong for the Table for all the Christmas Masses.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>At first glance, the antiphon may seem\nlong, but an amount of repetition helps to make it accessible and memorable.\nThe text comes from the Prologue to John\u2019s Gospel, the Christmas Day Mass pericope:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\"><p>this life was the light of the human race <\/p><cite>John 1:4<\/cite><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\"><p>The true light, which enlightens everyone, was coming into the world. <\/p><cite>John 1:9<\/cite><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\"><p>From his fullness we have all received, grace in place of grace,<br>because while the law was given through Moses, grace and truth came through Jesus Christ.<\/p><cite> John 1:16-17<\/cite><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<p>We continue to receive the fullness of\nChrist in the form of the bread and wine of the Eucharist.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Furthermore, the Collegeville Composers\nGroup provides verses from 1 John and Isaiah 35. During the Communion\nprocession we can identify especially with this couplet:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\"><p>If we walk in the light as he himself is light,<br>we have fellowship with one another,<br>and the blood of Jesus cleanses us from all sin. <\/p><cite>1 John 1:7<\/cite><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<p>The final two notes of the antiphon are\nGs, not Fs, the half-close leaving the way open for prayer to continue. 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