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'You have given me all I need' - Maria's tribute to her big sister


Maria Nolan-Lucey found herself in the surreal position of delivering a few fond words in tribute to a sibling for the second time in five months at the Church of Saints Stephen and John here in Castleisland on Saturday afternoon.
Maria was singing the praises of her older sister Liz O Connor (57) who passed away on Thursday after an 18 month battle with cancer.
She found herself in the same position last October after the unexpected death of her brother Denis.
In sympathising with Johnny and Margaret Nolan, the parents of Liz and Denis, Fr. Mossie Brick said that for parents to bury two children was the most unnatural situation to find themselves in. ....

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Medieval Christmas | History Today


Medieval Christmas
Existing elements of pagan midwinter rites fused with the developing theology of Christmas in an appeal to the senses of both sacred and lay.
As the European winter deepens the course of the sun gets nearer the southern horizon until it seems to stand still for a few days, before slowly rising again to usher in the spring. Ancient peoples were of course aware of this phenomenon and the Romans, from their words for sun and stand still , called it solstitium, source of our word solstice . By the Julian calendar, the system of months and days we still use (first devised in 46 BC on orders from Julius Caesar), the winter solstice was originally dated December 25th. ....

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