The Liturgical Year - Volume III - Christmas Book 2 - by Dom Gueranger, OSB

Christmas Book 2 by the Venerable Abbot Dom Gueranger, OSB offers families the history, customs, and traditions of the great feast of the Epiphany, its Octave days and the Feast of the Holy Family within the Octave, as well as the saints of January in a easy to carry 4.5" x 7" softcover, 522 pages.

Did you know the feast of the Epiphany has many names, one of which is The Holy Lights?  One draws closer to the Three Holy Kings, the Fathers of the Gentiles, who were guided by a brilliant star to come and adore the New-born King of Heaven and Earth.  The Octave days give detailed knowledge of the vocation they received from the Holy Babe of Bethlehem.  Each one of us can follow their examples as the First Christmas Missionaries to the Gentiles.

The feast day of the Holy Family is most fitting to be within the Octave of the Epiphany as the Three Holy Kings asked the Holy Family not to forget them and received instruction from the Mother of God and honored the paternity of St. Joseph.  We can follow the example of the Martin Family (three of whom are saints) and read The Liturgical Year - Volume III - Christmas Book 2