Baby Jesus might be the tiniest figure in our nativity, but He will take the central place in our stable, and all the other characters and animals will be turned toward the little paper bean with faces of rapture, celebration, and love. We place posterboard Baby Jesus into the December 24 pocket and add two Hershey kisses for our preschooler and toddler. “It’s just a little jelly bean with a cute smiley face,” he says as I draw. My husband and I agree that Baby Jesus is the easiest character of the Nativity to draw. Santa Claus will appear together on December 22, eager to bring their own gifts to the Christ child. Baby Jesus won’t appear until Christmas Eve as December passes, the stable becomes filled first with Mary and Joseph, then a manger, an embarrassed innkeeper, angels, kings (sometimes queens), shepherds, and animals (including a friendly king cobra and Tyrannosaurus Rex this year). My husband and I make attempts to teach this holy narrative through a posterboard nativity we draw piecemeal throughout the Advent season, small figures that our daughter and two-year-old son color before placing them inside our paper stable. It is difficult to explain to her just how long ago Jesus was born, how He lived, and then how He died and lived again, all in order to save a staggering number of mortal sinners throughout eternity. It is represented by the rose candle on an Advent wreath.Īs this Sunday approached, my four-year-old daughter told us this week, “I can’t remember when Jesus was born.” She thinks she ought to remember this event like she remembers the birth of her baby sister three months ago. The third Sunday of Advent is a day of joy and celebration, gaudete being Latin for “rejoice.” On this Sunday, the typical penitence that accompanies Advent observation gives way to allow for exultant gladness and hope in resurrection and redemption it is a day of elation and jubilation. “Rejoice in the power you have within you from Christ to be a nucleus of love, forgiveness, and compassion.” -Chieko N. More here.“Ours is not a joy born of having many possessions, but of having encountered a Person: Jesus, in our midst.” -Pope Francis His three-year stint at the Co-Curricular Activities Branch of the Ministry of Education, where he left as Music Specialist, catapulted him into the Singapore choral scene. He began his first formal music lesson with Cultural Medallion winner Choo Hwee Lim. Mr Toh started out as a self-taught musician and earned his first music qualification at the age of 26. With the accomplishment of a Gold in the 10th International Competition Festival of Advent and Christmas Music, Prague Christmas in December 2009, DMNCHOIR is now officially a 11-time Gold medalist both nationally and internationally. Led by her resident choral director, Mr Toh Ban Sheng, DMNCHOIR has built up a reputation of winning Gold Awards at both national as well as international choral competitions and is one of the top school choirs in Singapore. Dunman Secondary School Choir, a 100+ strong SATB (Soprano, Alto, Tenor, Bass) chorale group in Singapore, comprises of singers between the age of 13 and 17.
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