Posadas at OLA
- What
- Posadas at OLA
- When
- 12/20/2022, 7:00 PM – 8:30 PM
- Where
- OLA auditorium
POSADAS IN MEXICO, A CHRISTMAS TRADITION
Join OLA Faith Formation
December 20, 2022
7-8:30pm Auditorium
We join with our Hispanic Community
The word posada means inn or lodging, and traditionally posadas are a celebration of the Christmas story. They take place on nine nights from December 16 to 24 and commemorate the Virgin Mary and St. Joseph’s search for a place to stay where Jesus could be born. Posadas in Mexico feature hot food and drinks, sweets, music, and piñatas.
Throughout Mexico, churches and communities still celebrate these festivities with their traditional, religious elements. Today almost any party held around Christmas is called a posada.
PIÑATAS
Although they have mostly lost their original religious meaning, piñatas remain an essential part of las posadas. They represent sin and God's grace... They are commonly filled with candy. In more old-fashioned celebrations you’ll find them filled with small fruits, cookies, and peanuts.
The meaning of the Piñata: https://www.
AGUINALDO OR BOLO
These are little candy bags that hosts hand out to the guests at the end of the posada.
PONCHE NAVIDEÑO (MEXICAN CHRISTMAS FRUIT PUNCH)
A hot, flavorful drink that for many is synonymous with the holidays. Its ingredients vary from state to state, but it is traditionally prepared with tejocote (Mexican hawthorn), sugarcane, tamarind, apple, pear, guava, and cinnamon sticks. Some hosts will also offer their adult guests ponche con piquete – punch with a sting of alcohol, usually tequila or rum.
SINGING and praying the Rosary
The posada litany and the Rosary is essential. Many people also sing Christmas carols, In many ways the Posada represents the journey or our lives. Come join us in this beutiful tradition.
Here is an example of what is sung. Afuera/Outside and inside/Adentro
Afuera:
En el nombre del cielo os pido posada pues no puede andar mi esposa amada.
Outside:
In the name of Heaven I beg you for lodging, for she cannot walk, my beloved wife.
Adentro:
Aquí no es mesón, sigan adelante, yo no debo abrir, no sea algún tunante.
Inside:
This is not an inn, so keep going, I cannot open, you may be a rogue.
Afuera:
No seas inhumano, tennos caridad, que el Dios de los cielos te lo premiará.
Outside:
Don’t be inhuman; have mercy on us. The God of the heavens will reward you for it.