What are they which are but three?
Three persons in the Trinity
Which make one God in unity:
Category: 12 Days of Christmas
Second Day of Christmas, Feast of Stephen
There is a Christmas Carol I have heard since I was a child and never under stood. This song actually has more to do with the Feast of Stephen than with the nativity of Christ
Good King Wenceslas looked out
On the feast of Stephen
When the snow lay round about
Deep and crisp and even
Brightly shone the moon that night
Though the frost was cruel
When a poor man came in sight
Gath’ring winter fuel
The Feast of Stephen and the Second Day of Christmas are both on the 26th of December. Let’s start with who St. Stephen was:
Acts 6:2 Then the twelve called the multitude of the disciples unto them, and said, It is not reason that we should leave the word of God, and serve tables.
3 Wherefore, brethren, look ye out among you seven men of honest report, full of the Holy Ghost and wisdom, whom we may appoint over this business.
4 But we will give ourselves continually to prayer, and to the ministry of the word.
5 And the saying pleased the whole multitude: and they chose Stephen, a man full of faith and of the Holy Ghost, and Philip, and Prochorus, and Nicanor, and Timon, and Parmenas, and Nicolas a proselyte of Antioch:
Stephen was chosen to be responsible for widows, orphans and those in need; his day represents the same principle. People on the Feast of Stephen would take extra care to provide for those in need. Wenceslas, a real person actually was a Duke and was known for caring for people. He died at the hand of his brother partially due to Wenceslas willingness to give away his money to those in need. He was declared a King after his death in honor of his Christian heart for others.
Journaling Exercise
Identify others who have needs where you might be able to help. This does not have to be monetary help. You could aid an elderly person by visiting them regularly or you could give a single mother a “night-out” by babysitting her kid.
Make your list and then decide on one activity and make a plan to act. Come back to this page after you help the other person and describe how it went.
Second Day of Christmas: What are they which are by two?
Todays Question from our 12 Days of Christmas Song
A New Dial
What are they which are by two?
Two testaments, the old and new,
We do acknowledge to be true:
On the First Day of Christmas
Tis the first day of Christmas. We sing the song 12 days of Christmas and assume it has to do with some tradition of counting the days prior to December 25th, but we are wrong. Early traditions around the birth of Christ had the days before the birth of Jesus as fast days. The days from the birth of Christ until the eve prior to the Epiphany were the 12 days of Christmas. And they were days of celebration.
The first day of Christmas the Lover of my soul gave me a savior in a manger.
Join me in a journaling adventure over the next 12 days as we look at this old Christmas tradition. In many ways, the celebration of the 12 days of Christmas fits our modern society better. The days prior to Christmas day are chaotic with the hustle and bustle of shopping, parties and the secular traditions that have grown around the holy day. After Christmas, we have more down time to contemplate the miracles of God stepping into the world.
Grab a note pad or some paper in a binder. Prepare to write your thoughts over the next couple of weeks as we study the 12 Days of Christmas.
A New Dial –12 Days of Christmas Song from the 1500’s or early 1600’s
1st Day Verse
In those twelve days let us be glad 😐
For God of His power hath all things made.What are they that are but one?
What are they that are but one?We have one God alone
In heaven above sits on His throne:
Journal Exercise
Describe your Christmas day.
Is God on His throne in your life?
Do you put God before everything and everyone else in you life?
Fourth Day Adventures 