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+ It's the Twelfth Day of Chjristmas and it is the Second Sunday after Christmas in the Church Year. 

Here is a verse from the Lectionary for the Second Sunday of Christmas:

With all wisdom and insight he has made known to us the mystery of his will, according to his good pleasure that he set forth in Christ, as a plan for the fullness of time, to gather up all things in him, things in heaven and things on earth. (Ephesians 1:8b-10)

Here is a verse from the Daily Lectionary for the Twelfth Day of Christmas:

Above all, clothe yourselves with love, which binds everything together in perfect harmony. (Colossians 3:14)

Here is today's Spirituality and Practice Christmas quote for the day, the last one:

 

“From joy I came, for joy I live, in sacred joy I melt.” -- Paramahansa Yogananda in Autobiography of a Yogi

Here is today's Gratefulness Word for the Day:

 

"Gratitude as a discipline involves a conscious choice. I can choose to be grateful even when my emotions and feelings are still steeped in hurt and resentment. It is amazing how many occasions present themselves in which I can choose gratitude instead of a complaint.  -- Henri Nouwen

Since it is still Christmas.  It is a feast day: St. John Neumann for Roman Catholics. In the UK this was the Feast of St. Edward the Confessor, King of England. The rest of Europe celebrated St. Julian the Hospitaller on this day. < http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Twelve_Days_of_Christmas

Finally, here is a link to some information about Twelfth Night traditions

> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Twelfth_Night_(holiday)