Monday, December 16, 2024

Jesus Mary 'n Joseph: Las Posadas


It's piñata time. Mexico (which extends over the border, reaching Los Angeles, California, Arizona, New Mexico, Texas, and even Chicago) has a beautiful Judeo-Christian tradition in the almost entirely Catholic country. It is called Los Posadas or "The Lodgings."

(Wiki) Las Posadas is a novenario (an extended devotional prayer). It is celebrated chiefly in Latin America, El Salvador, Mexico, Guatemala, Honduras, and by Latin Americans in the United States [1, 2].

Catholic church service in Chicago

It is typically celebrated each year between December 16-24 [1]. Latin American countries have continued to celebrate the holiday, with very few changes to the tradition since the Conquerors brought imperial rule, rape, and enslavement to the indigenous people of the Americas courtesy of the Vatican in Rome and the imperial Holy Roman Church, extracting gold, silver, and land in exchange.

Los Angeles ("The Angels") is still very Mexican even after Partition

Las Posadas derives from the European language (Latin-based Spanish) word posada ("lodging," "accommodation") which, in this case, refers to the inn from the Nativity story.

What do the Irish call the holy family: Issa-son, Muire, and Seosamh?

It uses the plural form as the celebration lasts for a nine-day interval (called the novena) during the Christmas season, which represents the nine-month pregnancy [3, 4] of the virgin Mary, the mother of Jesus Christ. More

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