25 Important celebrations The Christmas season is quite short, but it has several important dates: • The Feast of the Holy Family of Jesus, Mary and Joseph (see p. 30) • The Solemnity of Mary, the Holy Mother of God, January 1 (see p. 32) • The Solemnity of the Epiphany of the Lord (see p. 34) • The Baptism of the Lord (see p. 36). Long live the angels! During the Christmas season, angels are very present. They are present onChristmas Eve, when we remember their visit to the shepherds. They are also present in other Gospel passages, notably the one that recounts the visit of an angel to Joseph at night towarn him against Herod. Did you know? Four holy evangelists have told us about the life of Jesus: Matthew, Mark, Luke, and John. Everything we know about Christmas (Joseph and Mary’s journey to Bethlehem, the birth of Jesus, the announcement to the shepherds, the angels singing for joy in heaven) is told byLuke. The visit of theMagi is described byMatthew.Mark and Johndo not speak of the childhood of Jesus. T
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