Merry Fifth Day of Christmas

Merry Fifth Day of Christmas!

The “five golden rings” represent the first five books of the Old Testament called the Torah or the Pentateuch (and generally considered the most sacred and important of all the Old Testament): 1) Genesis, 2) Exodus, 3) Leviticus, 4) Numbers, and 5) Deuteronomy, which gives the history of humanity’s sinful failure and God’s response of grace in the creation of a people to be a light to the world.

The Fifth Day of the Christmas season, December 29th, marks the feast of another martyr, St. Thomas à Becket, archbishop of Canterbury, who was killed because he refused to give in to King Henry II who defied the Church of Rome. As another Thomas (St. Thomas More) put it who defied another Henry (Henry VIII) some centuries later, he died “the king’s good servant, but God’s first.” Here is another all-too-relevant example of someone willing to bear the price of fidelity to his faith.

Merry Fifth Day of Christmas!
We love you all.

Liturgy of the Hours for September 23

• About Today
• Invitatory
• Office of Readings - Memorial
• Morning Prayer - Memorial
• Midmorning Prayer
• Midday Prayer
• Midafternoon Prayer
• Evening Prayer I
• Night Prayer I