Interesting! If Jesus'
conception day were actually Dec. 25, it would make wonderful sense. The Catholic Church has, I think, three people's conception days on its Liturgical Calendar:
- Mary's conception day (the Immaculate Conception, Dec. 8),
- Jesus' conception day(the Annunciation, March 25 --- 9 months before December 25)
- and, in the Eastern Churches, St. John the Baptist's conception day (September 23, or 6 months before his cousin Jesus' conception --- am I right, NYer?).
But these exact dates are not part of revelation. As far as I know, they were just best-guesses at the time.
Maybe we should all celebrate our children's conception days! Time to have a glass of wine and look at those old sonograms!
in the Eastern Churches, St. John the Baptist's conception day (September 23, or 6 months before his cousin Jesus' conception --- am I right, NYer?) In the Maronite Church, the Birth of John the Baptizer appears on the Liturgical Calendar - June 24. Doing the math, that would make his conception in late September. Perhaps the GOC marks his conception date.