HE Was Named JESUS

Hi! and happy and prosperous New Year 2017 to all of us, GUYS.  Our "first-thing-first" this Sunday:

THE GOOD NEWS (01 January 2017)

"So they came hurriedly and found Mary and Joseph with the baby lying in the manger.  On seeing this they related what they had been told about the child, and all were astonished on hearing the shepherds.

As for Mary, she treasured all these messages and continually pondered over them.

The shepherds then returned giving glory and praise to GOD for all they had heard and seen, just as the angels had told them.

On the eight day the circumcision of the baby had to be performed; HE was named JESUS, the name the angel had given HIM before HE was conceived." - Luke 2:16-21 

The Nativity Of JESUS

(While the world was in darkness, some shepherds saw GOD.  Why were they called to the manger?  GOD delights in revealing HIMSELF to the poor, and Mary and Joseph had the joy to share with them a part of their secret. 

With the birth of JESUS a new age begins [the final age as the apostles will say] in which, on one hand, people hope for the salvation of the world, and on the other they already enjoy this salvation.  The shepherds are models for those dedicated to contemplation.  Following them, the Church will never be totally involved in works of mercy or human development, but instead, with its truest spirit, will continue to look upon CHRIST present in its midst, giving thanks and rejoicing in GOD.

Mary treasured all these messages, because every event of her life was for her the way GOD revealed HIS plans to her, and all the more so now that she was living with JESUS.  She wondered, marveled but was not confused, because her faith was beyond wavering.  However, she too had to discover the ways of salvation slowly and painfully.  She pondered on these things until the time of the Resurrection and Pentecost when all the words and deeds of JESUS became clear.) 

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