Recognizing the birth of the Savior!

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An old Roman custom is reverencing the baby Jesus. One approaches the figure of the Christ child to bestow a kiss, often kissing the foot of the figure. It is a captivating gesture of recognition of the birth of the Savior.

Thanks to JP Sonnen for the picture.

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It is a custom in all Mercedarian friaries, churches, shrines and oratories, to venerate the Christ-Child with a kiss on the Feast of the Epiphany.... It is a venerable sign of devotion and piety amongst the Faithful to kiss an image of Him, Whom the heavens cannot contain.

"Referencing?" I make reference to Him every day! :-)
(Sorry, not making fun of your typo - I just couldn't resist!)

Thanks for the note and for reading Communio. I made the change to the text. I hope all of us reference Christ. AND I also hope all of us also bend the knee to the King of Kings. A blessed Christmastide!

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Paul A. Zalonski is from New Haven, CT. He is a member of the Fraternity of Communion and Liberation, a Catholic ecclesial movement and an Oblate of Saint Benedict. Contact Paul at paulzalonski[at]yahoo.com.

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