Jiminy Cricket, “Holiday Wishes” “Christmas is the season of joy, of holiday greetings, exchanged, of gift-giving, and of families united.” — Norman Vincent Peale Sarah Lemire is a ...
the greeting uses the title “Father” for God. Thus, it echoes the constant and distinctive way that Jesus himself spoke of God. While the Old Testament did teach the fatherhood of God (e.g. Dt ...
After the Sign of the Cross at the beginning of Mass, the priest may choose to greet the people with the simple and familiar greeting “The Lord be with you.” He uses this same greeting before ...