tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7846189835239594160.post203035222067782662..comments2024-03-28T05:17:04.006-04:00Comments on southern orders: CHANUKAH OR HANUKKAH, DO YOU CELEBRATE 🎉 IT?Fr. Allan J. McDonaldhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16986575955114152639noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7846189835239594160.post-65902187337595601202018-12-11T10:37:26.351-05:002018-12-11T10:37:26.351-05:00Catholics and Orthodox regard 1&2 Machabees as...Catholics and Orthodox regard 1&2 Machabees as deuterocanonical; Protestants do not. The Epistle for the anniversary Requiem Mass is 2 Mach. xii 43-46 and ends with 'it is therefore a holy and wholesome thought to pray for the dead, that they may be loosed from sins.'<br /><br /><br /><br />John Nolanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09027156691859606002noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7846189835239594160.post-12388750405509827782018-12-10T22:58:55.572-05:002018-12-10T22:58:55.572-05:00John Nolan,
This reminds me of a comment from one...John Nolan,<br /><br />This reminds me of a comment from one of my old Jewish friends who owned a shop at Christmastime: What a friend we have in Jesus!!! Of course, he would be accused of "cultural appropriation" today by some lefty, looney!TJMnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7846189835239594160.post-44911205812935256132018-12-10T19:58:47.768-05:002018-12-10T19:58:47.768-05:00On August 14 th (1st in new calendar), when we hav...On August 14 th (1st in new calendar), when we have the celebration of the Maccabees ;)....If you search hard enough, you'll find commemoration of OT on the calendar :p Православный физикhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11313371333531421128noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7846189835239594160.post-46801519913630233812018-12-10T15:46:59.332-05:002018-12-10T15:46:59.332-05:00Xmas is Christmas, with the Greek letter Chi (X) s...Xmas is Christmas, with the Greek letter Chi (X) standing for Christos.<br /><br />Hanukkah is a transliteration of a Hebrew word so there is no standard spelling - cf Pekin, Peking, Beijing.<br /><br />Of course Jews look forward to Xmas. As Tom Lehrer put it: 'Angels we have heard on high, tell us to go out and BUY!'<br /><br />In the old days a cash register (till) was referred to as a 'Jewish typewriter'.John Nolanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09027156691859606002noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7846189835239594160.post-4334720906384817522018-12-10T09:27:57.330-05:002018-12-10T09:27:57.330-05:00There is but one way to spell the name of the fest...There is but one way to spell the name of the festival: חנוכהShlomo Omer Uri ben Hurnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7846189835239594160.post-41773682888644112372018-12-10T09:20:22.299-05:002018-12-10T09:20:22.299-05:00It's חנוקה. According to Aquinas, we shouldn&#...It's חנוקה. According to Aquinas, we shouldn't celebrate Jewish holidays. http://www.newadvent.org/summa/2103.htm#article3A Hebrew linguistnoreply@blogger.com