基督降临

ADVENT SUNDAY BRUNCH – November 28th is the first Sunday Advent brunch of this season.

基督降临节周日早午餐– 11月28日是基督降临节第一个周日早午餐，它的到来正预示着圣诞节也离我们不再遥远了。

GINGER BREAD HOUSE – Sunday the 28th is the first Advent Sunday.

姜饼屋– 28日星期日是第一个基督降临节。

Dear Toby,Im a bit of a traditionalist myself: I think decorations should go up a few days before Christmas (some say on the last Sunday of Advent, others say on Christmas Eve) and then stay up for the full 12 days.

我本人多少有些守旧：我认为装饰应该在圣诞节前几天进行（有人说应该在基督降临节的最后一个周日，还有人说应该在圣诞前夜），然后保留12整天。

May the Peace of the Lord descend upon all of us and may His Love shine out from each and everyone of us.

祝和平的基督降临后，我们都愿他爱绽放出每位市民息息相关。

Pneuma and soul and body be preserved blameless unto the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ.

又愿你们的灵与魂与身子得蒙保守，在我们主耶稣基督降临的时候，完全无可指摘！

Until recently, modern religion experts thought of this state or place reserved for the unbaptized dead, including good people who lived before the first coming of Christ, as a relic from a less enlightened past.

现代天主教教义的争论中，对于「狱边缘区」著墨较少，而「狱边缘区」个名词源自拉丁文中的「界」「缘」直到最近，现代宗教专家认为将「狱边缘区」种状态或区域保留予未受洗礼的亡灵--包括在耶稣基督降临前已存于人世的良善人类的亡灵--乃宗教思想较未开化的过往时代遗物。

When this will happen, we do not know; we cannot calculate the time of it; we can only wait vigilantly for it.

我们不知道基督会在甚麽时候降临；我们无法推算降临的时间；我们只有警觉地等待。

It is vitally important, therefore, to understand

所以，了解基督降临的意义是非常重要的。

At equal distances from the convent and from each other there were small hermitages consisting of a cell and chapel, whither the friars retired at certain periods of the year, as Advent and Lent, in order to live in a solitude still more profound than that of the convent.

在同等距离修道院，并从对方有小修砌构成的一个细胞和小教堂，该向何处去退休的方济各会士，在某些时期的一年，作为基督降临节和封斋期，为了生活在一个孤独更为深刻，比对修道院。

During the season of Advent on the church calendar, Christians around the world light candles.

按照教会日历在基督降临这一天，全世界的基督徒将会点燃蜡烛。

I am accused of being overreligious," she said in her quiet, frank manner,"but that does not prevent me thinking the children very cruel who obstinately commit such suicide.""

客人们在卡罗利娜·埃凯家里，举止就文雅一些，因为卡罗利娜的母亲治家很严厉。

Designed by French fashion house Herm è s, this elegant uniform was manufactured in our home, Hong Kong, and was the first without a hat.

由著名品牌 Herm è s 设计，这件高贵的制服是香港本土制造，是我们第一套不配帽子的制服。