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Outlook

News and views from St. Mary's Woodbridge
Issue 4 Winter 2007

A Prayer for Advent

DEAR GOD our Father, we are getting ready for Christmas:

preparing for carol services

rehearsing nativity plays

buying presents –

We thank you for all the preparations you made for the first Christmas:

through the prophets you told people to get ready for Jesus

you gave a baby, John, to Zechariah and Elisabeth

you chose Mary to be Jesus’ mother

you called wise men from far away –

As we prepare to enjoy Jesus’ birthday:

make us ready to listen carefully to the Christmas story

and to make room for Jesus in our hearts.

Amen

Christmas Quiz

What do we call a hymn sung at Christmas?
Which three evergreens bear berries in winter?
Where did the Christian custom of the Crib come from?
What is another name for Twelfth Night?
When is St Stephen’s Day?
What are three traditional things to eat at Christmas?
What are the three traditional names of the Wise Men?
Where did Mary and Joseph have to register to pay their taxes?
What does the name ‘Jesus’ mean?
Where did St Nicholas originally come from?
Why was Jesus born in a stable?
What did my true love send to me on the eighth day of Christmas?

Answers on p21

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