Tag: Christmas

It is still Advent season, and I heard a choir singing a Christmas Carol during communion at mass. Should Christmas Carols be sung at mass during Advent?

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The season of Advent is a season of expectation. It is a time when the whole Church prepares for the coming of Christ: first for the second coming of our universal king Jesus on the last day (from 1st Sunday of Advent up to December 16), and then for the first coming of Jesus (December 17-24) at Christmas. Liturgies, including their music, must therefore be carefully prepared so that the faithful may grow in this expectation.

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Hi Fr Francis, I recently heard that if we attend midnight mass on Dec 24th, we do not need to attend Christmas Day mass on December 25 to fulfill “Christmas obligation”. This year is different as Christmas day is a Sunday. We need to go to mass on Christmas Day to our Sunday mass “duty”. But if neither Christmas eve nor Christmas Day falls on Sunday, we only need to attend either midnight mass or Christmas Day mass. Is this correct. What about Easter Vigil and Easter Day masses?

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That is correct. The midnight mass fulfills the mass of the day. It is the case for Christmas day and it is the same for Easter. That is, the Easter Vigil fulfills the obligation for the Easter Day mass.

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How does Christmas tree related to Christmas? Are there any symbolism of decorating the Christmas trees? During Christmas, people usually decorate with wreaths hung on doors or windows. How does it relate to the birth of Christ? Why do people use holly with berries for decoration in Christmas?

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Christmas tree: you need to read up the story of St. Boniface since it started from him. Apparently, Germany at the time was not converted yet, and their pagan religion used trees for worship.

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