Remember the popular Christmas carol “12 Days of Christmas”? Ever wondered about the meaning and the significance behind the elements mentioned in the lyrics? I came across this little piece of information on The Lair of the Catholic Cavemen.

-The Partridge in a Pear Tree was The Blessed Virgin Mary and The Christ Child.

-Two Turtle Doves were the Old and New Testaments.

-Three French Hens stood for faith, hope and love.

-The Four Calling Birds were the four gospels of Matthew, Mark, Luke & John.

-The Five Golden Rings recalled the Torah or Law, the first five books of the Old Testament.

-The Six Geese A-Laying stood for the six days of creation.

-Seven Swans A-Swimming represented the sevenfold gifts of the Holy Spirit–Prophesy, Serving, Teaching, Exhortation, Contribution, Leadership, and Mercy.

-The Eight Maids A-Milking were the eight beatitudes.

-Nine Ladies Dancing were the nine fruits of the Holy Spirit–Love, Joy, Peace, Patience, Kindness, Goodness, Faithfulness, Gentleness, and Self Control.

-The Ten Lords A-Leaping were the Ten Commandments.

-The Eleven Pipers Piping stood for the eleven faithful disciples.

-The Twelve Drummers Drumming symbolized the twelve points of belief in the Apostles’ Creed.

Read the entire post here.

Tags: Catholic, Christmas, Inspirational

I couldn’t help chuckling at this one..

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Ok, if you haven’t been to or at least heard of The Curt Jester blog (rss), WHERE have you been?!?!?

Jeff Miller, a.k.a. the Curt Jester, is (obviously) the owner of this fantastic blog. If you’re looking for “Punditry, Prayer, Parody, Polemics, Puns from a Papist Perspective“, this is THE place to go. Jeff combines fun and humor (and sometimes, a touch of sarcasm) with everyday Catholic living and the teachings of the Catholic Church, while preserving the orthodoxy and respect due to the topics discussed.

The latest post (as at the time when I was typing this) on the blog titled “If the Catholic Church was a programming language” is simply outstanding! Jeff makes comparisons between the Catholic Church and various programming languages. As a programmer myself, this post was very much close to heart. I particularly love this piece of sample code:

Here is a sample “Hello World” program in C††

faith()
{
works()
{
print(“Let there be light ” ) ;
}
}

After all “Let there be light” was the original Hello World program by the Divine Programmer. Every C†† requires a “faith” method which is the main entry point to the program. Remember faith() without works() and your code is dead.

What can I say? Jeff, you’re a genius!

To the rest of you, hop on over to The Curt Jester blog NOW!!!

Tags: blogs, Catholic, Humor, Inspirational, Reviews

I found an updated version of this popular Christmas carol on The Ironic Catholic. I think I like this version much much better 

(to the tune of “Jingle Bells”)
SANCTUS BELLS

Sanctus bells! Sanctus bells! Sanctus all the way!
When they rang them way back then, they got got your att’n (now–pray!)
Sanctus bells! Sanctus bells! Sanctus all the way!
Now we hear them and we smile as we live in the Way…

Dashing through the mass
your mind is on a sleigh
Through the prayer we go
distracted all the way (no, no, no!)

Bells by servers rung
New focus on the mass
it is a miracle, after all,
so go renew your task:* Pra-aaaay! (refrain)

You can read the original post here.

Tags: Catholic, Christmas, Humor, Inspirational

Guess what? God has a blog! Or so it seems..

God’s Blog (rss) takes a humorous (and sarcastic) look at our world from God’s point of view. Although it’s not theologically sound in many ways, it sure provides a good laugh here and there. One post I particularly liked:

Why Didn’t I Create Money Trees?

You know, I’ve been getting a lot of prayers lately about money. A lot of people are asking me to help them get some so they can pay their bills and buy their kids Christmas presents and such.

I can sympathize with you guys, really. But I’m sorry to say there isn’t a whole lot I can do. I mean, seriously, I would just hand out money like free iPods to everybody who needed it if I could, but the truth is, I don’t have any. We don’t use money in Heaven.

Sometimes I wish we did. It’d be awesome if we had some kind of economic crisis so I’d have an excuse to lay off Moses. But unfortunately, I’m stuck with him forever. I knew I should have read his contract more carefully before I signed it.

Hat tip to The Ironic Catholic for pointing me to this blog!

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