In those days Caesar Augustus issued a decree that a census should be taken of the entire Roman world. And all went to be taxed, every one into his own city. While they were there, the time came for the baby to be born, and she gave birth to her firstborn, a son.
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Not far from the stable, shepherds were in the fields watching their sheep in the night. The wise men explained that they had seen his star in the east and came to worship him. An angel of the Lord appeared to them, and the glory of the Lord shone around them, and they were terrified.
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The angel said to them, “Do not be afraid; for behold, I proclaim to you good news of great joy that will be for all the people”. The Bible says, “But grow in the grace and knowledge of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ” (2 Peter 3:18).
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And suddenly there was with the angel a multitude of the heavenly host praising God and saying, “Glory to God in the highest, and on earth peace, good will among people”.
Christmas is about God keeping his promises and being good to his word.
While perhaps preoccupied with the costs of gifts we gave to others, even before our credit-card bills come in, we can easily overlook the larger cost of God’s Christmas gift to us. And Jesus was born in order to be the ideal sacrifice on the cross to pay the penalty for sin, which is death and separation from God the Father in heaven.
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Christmas is a time for family, tree decorating, giving and receiving presents, eggnog and carols. It is the highlight of a long wait during the Advent season.
It was, as you may know, St Francis of Assisi who is attributed with creating the first crib.
May the joy of this day illumine the efforts of the Colombian people so that, inspired by hope, they may continue their commitment to working for the desired peace. But beyond these externalities, personal spiritual enrichment and familial and community growth and development are the more meaningful and lasting gifts of Christmas.
This Christmas, then, let us be resolved to lay aside our own tendencies to angry violence so that we may condemn, with integrity, those who perpetrate such violence and claim for it the name of God.
There is an element that is ever fresh and ever new when we read about the birth of Jesus.
Irrespective of backgrounds, he said, all of us are brothers and sisters and children of one Supreme Being.
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16 So they hurried away and found Mary and Joseph, and the baby lying in the manger. Coming up to them at that very moment, she gave thanks to God and spoke about the child to all who were looking forward to the redemption of Jerusalem. And that is what God seeks from us – love and trust exemplified in surrender, not just in our behavioral compliance, Messer explained. Now it’s our turn to share our gifts and that is our love, our praise and thanksgiving, our availability, and dedication. May the love of the Father abundantly enrich every family as the birth of Jesus is joyfully remembered and celebrated. Like the shepherds of Bethlehem, may we too set out to see this sign, this event which is renewed yearly in the Church. He was determined to overcome a common fear of his day, one that still lurks in our hearts even now: the fear that God could never deign to dirty himself with our messed-up world but remains aloof from it all, remote in celestial splendour.
