#4thsundayofadvent

[luederwaldt]

Torsten Luederwaldt on Twitter

“have a nice Sunday !🎄❄️🎅🎶 #4thSundayOfAdvent #gloaming”

[tulil78]

“Showing Graditiude” Pastor Rick Ivey Luke 2:21-24 #todayssermon #4thSundayofAdvent #adventseason #WesleyUnitedMethodistChurch #UMC #SundayService #SundayMorning #Sunday (at Wesley UMC Beaumont) https://www.instagram.com/p/CXqvz7eLP9jQ9-cOByv_1hmAx5zI-MCemUlCqQ0/?utm_medium=tumblr

[buybeck]

Glædelig 4. søndag i advent 🥳💃🏼håber I nyder den med jeres kære og passer godt på jer selv ❤️ . Happy 4th Sunday of advent 🥳💃🏼 hope you’re spending it with your loved ones and are taking good care of yourselves ❤️ . #søndag #sunday #4søndagiadvent #4thsundayofadvent #jul #christmas #julen2020 #christmas2020 #spas #sjovogballade #messingaround #ferie #holidays #holidayseason #reindeer #snowman #snemand #grinch #buybeck #aalborg #nårmorfjoller 🙈 (her: Aalborg, Denmark) https://www.instagram.com/p/CJB4vy3B7F1/?igshid=4lm41kcr93zz

[t-ginger-bear]

#4thSundayofAdvent #ucc #unitedchurchofchrist #bloominthedesertministries #cometothemanger #animalblessingday (at Bloom in the Desert Ministries UCC) https://www.instagram.com/p/BrvXAcUgSPM/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=18crseckxps9i

[marisoldennis]

The greatest gift is ❤️ . . #4thsundayofadvent #christmasiscoming #hopepeacejoylove https://www.instagram.com/p/Bru8mgDF6to/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=370tux73wlpp

[the-pre-seminarian]

Twelve Days of Christmas? What are those?

The song, "The Twelve Days of Christmas" is an English Christmas carol. From 1558 until 1829, Roman Catholics in England were not permitted to practice their faith openly. Someone during that era wrote this carol as a catechism song for young Catholics. It has two levels of meaning: the surface meaning plus a hidden meaning known only to members of the Church. Each element in the carol has a code word for a religious reality which the children could remember. 

1. The "True Love" one hears in the song is not a smitten boy or girlfriend but Jesus Christ, because truly Love was born on Christmas Day. The partridge in the pear tree also represents Him because that bird is willing to sacrifice its life if necessary to protect its young by feigning injury to draw away predators. According to Ann Ball in her book, Handbook of Catholic Sacramentals: 

2. The two turtle doves were the Old and New Testaments 

3. The three French hens stood for faith, hope, and love. 

4. The four calling birds were the four gospels of Matthew, Mark, Luke, and John. 

5. The five golden rings represented the first five books of the Old Testament, which describe man's fall into sin and the great love of God in sending a Saviour. 

6. The six geese a-laying stood for the six days of creation. 

7. Seven swans a-swimming represented the sevenfold gifts of the Holy Spirit. 

8. The eight maids a-milking were the eight beatitudes. 

9. Nine ladies dancing were the nine fruits of the Holy Spirit. 

10. The ten lords a-leaping were the Ten Commandments. 

11. The eleven pipers piping stood for the eleven faithful Apostles. 

12. The twelve drummers drumming symbolised the twelve points of belief in The Apostles' Creed. 

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From the bulletin of the Vital Grandin Chaplaincy (Edmonton Latin Mass Community) for the 4th Sunday of Advent, December 18th, 2016. 

[jjpayang]

Blessed Christmas everyone!!! #4thsundayofadvent #christmas #christmas2016 (at Tarlac, Tarlac)