FIRST TO KNOW During the children’s sermon, we lighted the Shepherd’s Candle in the Advent Wreath. I was attempting to explain about the shepherds being the first to hear of Jesus’ birth. I asked, “Who was the first to know Jesus was born?” A little girl wisely answered: “Mary!” From From Larry Spear, First Baptist …
BLESSED VIRGIN MARY The angelic announcement is the same today as it was the night of the sacred birth of the Christ Child: “Peace on Earth, Good Will to men. The wonder of Christmas is the short time during this busy, hurried season when we sit back, relax, and release ourselves to the unbridled celebration …
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THE BLESSED VIRGIN MARY Mary, highly favored I heard the angel say. Mary, blessed of God, And he went on his way. Mary, highly favored? I stopped to ask myself. Mary, blessed of God, Couldn’t my blessing be something else? Mary, highly favored, I’m going to have a boy. Mary, blessed of God, My humiliation …
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MARY AS A MODEL OF FAITH In St. Peter’s Cathedral in Rome, Michelangelo’s Pieta is carefully guarded. A few years ago, the sculpture was attacked by a man with a hammer. He damaged the face and arm of Mary. It is a kind of parable of what we have done to her. Protestants neglect her …
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