Christmas Every Christmas By Fr. Hubert M. Dunphy Disenchanted with the secular banality encroaching upon the holy day of Christmas, many have reacted with an attempt to "put Christ back into Christmas". Almost invariably they miss the essential. The author elaborates upon a simple Catholic truth: Christmas is not a day, it is a liturgical season. It includes a preparation, a celebration, a prolongation. Originally published in the late 1950s, the purpose of this book is to give depth and substance to our appreciation of Christmas, to make this great feast as meaningful for us in our modern world as it was for St. Francis in his medieval world, to try to recapture some of the zest with which he and his followers looked forward to Christmas. This book is as informative as it is inspiring and can be read with delight and profit year after year. Hardcover, 60lb cream paper, sewn signatures, 110 pages. |