tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3589378.post7436378881226059276..comments2023-10-21T05:40:55.660-04:00Comments on man with black hat: Christ-Mass: Day 1 (Nativity)David L Alexanderhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13871706129906941567noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3589378.post-79079106044949087392013-12-27T12:09:47.081-05:002013-12-27T12:09:47.081-05:00Romanitas:
Hey, that actually makes sense. Thanks...Romanitas:<br /><br />Hey, that actually makes sense. Thanks for that little-known fact. We'll be sure to include it in next year's edition.David L Alexanderhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13871706129906941567noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3589378.post-88881257855079593872013-12-27T11:48:22.349-05:002013-12-27T11:48:22.349-05:00David,
A blessed Christmas to you!
I wanted to o...David,<br /><br />A blessed Christmas to you!<br /><br />I wanted to offer a correction to the very first line of the "12 Days": "a partridge in a pear tree" has often been misinterpreted because of those unfamiliar with the traditional English liturgical practice of the hanging pyx in which the Blessed Sacrament was reserved.<br /><br />The pyx was often shaped as a dove (or bird) and when viewed through a wooden rood screen (whose tracery looked like branches of a tree)... you get what I am saying.<br /><br />The English were renowned throughout Europe for their special devotion to the Blessed Sacrament, thus this also makes perfect sense as a Catholic catechism that "My True Love gave to me..." Holy Communion with Himself.Romanitas Presshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03392344965842970673noreply@blogger.com