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| Advent | First season of Liturgical year |
| Advent | Time of preparation for feast of the Incarnation |
| Advent | a word that means "something is coming" |
| Advent | prepares for the Lord's first & second coming |
| First coming of the Lord | refers to birth of the Son of God in human flesh |
| Second coming of the Lord | refers to final coming of Jesus at end of time |
| Parousia | refers to Jesus' coming at end of time |
| "Maranatha" | joyful, expectant: "Come, Lord Jesus!" |
| Christmas | the birth of the Lord; the feast of the Incarnation |
| Incarnation | God becomes man (see John 1:14) |
| John 1:14 | "And the Word became flesh" |
| Christmas season | from Dec 24 Vigil Mass until feast of the Baptism of the Lord |
| Saint Stephen | first martyr (feast Dec. 26) |
| Feast of Holy Innocents | Dec. 28: commemorates infants slaughtered by Herod when he was trying to kill the infant Jesus |
| Epiphany | Manifestation (of God) |
| Infancy Narratives | the two Gospel stories about the birth of Jesus |
| Infancy Narratives | only found in Gospels of Matthew and Luke |
| Emmanuel | means "God with us" |
| Incarnation | refers to the miraculous union of a divine and a human nature in one Person, Jesus |
| Feast of Christmas | celebrated for an octave -- eight straight days |
