Project BLACK MAMBA: Octave of the Nativity

'Tis the Solemnity of Mary, the Holy Mother of God: Our Lady-link ūna, Our Lady-link duae, & Wikipedia-link.

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The Council of Ephesus decreed in 431 that Mary is Theotokos because her son Jesus is both God & man: one Divine Person with two natures (Divine & human) intimately, hypostatically united.

Scripture of the Day
Mass Readings
The Book of Numbers, chapter six, verses twenty-two thru twenty-seven;
Psalm Sixty-seven, verses two, three, five, six, & eight;
The Letter to the Galatians, chapter four, verses four thru seven;
The Gospel according to Luke, chapter two, verses sixteen thru twenty-one.

Mass Matters
Last year's Mass attendance obliterated all previous records—exactly one hundred more Masses than the two previous years combined, eighteen more than the four previous years combined. I did not miss a Sunday & in most weeks was able to meet my goal of attending two non-Sunday Masses. As ever, the numbers do not matter in & of themselves, but only as a reflection of my closeness to the Lord, how diligent I am in trying to be the person He means me to be.

2008: 32
2009: 33
2010: 32
2011: 37
2012: 45
2013: 63
2014: 130
2015: 293
2016: 1…

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