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poet, scholar ?
has collected ?
data on angels I
If you want to get to know 4
angels better (without re- 1
sorting to the obvious) you |
should seek out a “Diction- :
ary of Angels” that deals I
with the heavenly creatures. |
As a matter of tact, all are ]
not so heavenly, since the I
author has catalogued more I
than 300 demons, seraphim, I
avatars and others dwelling
in the spirit world.
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According to this expert, |
a typical angel is winged, ]
male, immortal and speaks 1
Hebrew. I
Their main job is to serve I
the Creator, but they have 1
also been known to serve j
Man by acting as “guardians, J
counselors, guides, judges, |
interpreters, dragomen, ]
cooks, matchmakers and j
gravediggers.” Who among I
us doesn’t have an angel of '
some type he communes j
with from time to time? I
Most of the denizens are 1
not connected with the Bi- I
ble. There is Gavreel, who I
keeps people from “going j
crazy in the night,” and
Mammon, a fallen angel who
serves as a "horrible exam
ple” to us weak mortals.
According to George Ber- j
nard Shaw. “In heaven, an j
angel is nobody in particu- ]
lar.” Which only supports
the premise that there j
are occasions and situations j
where you can have too j
much of a good thing . . .
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The magi? They were wise j
men, as you know, who ,
brought gifts to the Babe in '
the manger. Being wise, ;
their gifts were no doubt I
rooted in wisdom; possibly ’
their gifts bore the privilege
of exchange.
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Toward the end of the
Third Century, A.D., in a
Sicilian town named Syra
cuse, lived a girl, Lucia,
daughter of rich and noble
parents. Her father had died
when Lucia was very young,
and her mother, Eutychia,
took care of her.
At this time the Roman
Empire was governed by
Diocletian. Though he had
initiated many political re
forms he was a tyrannical
emperor.
Lucia while a young girl
had dedicated her life to God
and had resolved to give her
earthly wealth to the poor.
Lucia persuaded her mo
ther to visit the shrine of the
early Christian martyr Aga
tha in Catania.
Beseeching Agatha to in
tercede for her mother,
Lucia is said to have effected
a miracle, and Eutychia in
gratitude agreed to give
away a large part of her
wealth to the needy. ,
As was the custom in those i
days, Lucia was formally be- <
frothed without her consent. I
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he was not marrying an heir- (
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ess the young man in anger
denounced Lucia to the gov
ernor of Sicily, a vassal of
the emperor.
When the guards came to
drag her away to prison they
found they could not budge
her from the spot.
Then they set fire to her
but she would not bum.
In an agony of frustration
they plunged their swords
into her and killed her.
Perhaps because Lucia’s
name means Lux or ‘light”
and also because she epitom
ized such a beautiful spirit,
she became the patron saint
of the blind. Her feast day
is celebrated December 13.
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In Sweden one daughter
of a family is chosen to rep
resent the Saint; she wears a
crown encircled with lighted
candles. In one hand she car
ries a tray of saffron buns
with raisin “eyes,’’and in the
other, a coffee pot. She visits
each bedroom and wakens
the sleeper with a song, offer
ing buns and coffee.
In households where there
are no daughters, a girl of
especially fine character is
chosen to play the part, and
she rides dowm the street on
a throne placed on a, beauti
ful float. She is the living
symbol of the joyous Christ
mas season.
Lighting the Tree
Martin Luther started the
custom of lighting the tree,
legend says.
To symbolize stars glowing
forth on a snow-filled win
ter’s night, he placed lighted
candles on his family’s tra
ditional Christmas tree.
Burning the Log
Today’s fireplaces, though
smaller in settle than those
