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ESCAPE

When they had gone, an angel of the Lord appeared to Joseph

in a dream. “Get up,”  he said, “take the child and his mother and

escape to Egypt. Stay there until I tell you, for Herod is going to

search for the child to kill him.”

So he got up, took the child and his mother during the night and

left for Egypt, where he stayed until stayed until the death of Herod.

And so it was fulfilled what the Lord had said through the prophet:

“Out of Egypt I called my son.”

(Luke 2.13-15).

HALLELUJAH! THANK YOU LORD JESUS FOREVERMORE!

SUDDENLY

Suddenly a great company of the heavenly host appeared

with the angel, praising God and saying, “Glory to God in the highest,

and on earth peace to men on whom his favor rests.”

When the angels had left them and gone into heaven, the shepherds said

to one another, “Let’s go to Bethlehem and see this thing that has happened,

which the Lord has told us about.”

So they hurried off and found Mary and Joseph, and the baby, who was lying

in the manger. When they had seen him, they spread the word concerning what

had been told them about this child, and all who heard it … Continue Reading

GOOD NEWS OF GREAT JOY

In those days Caesar Augustus issued

a decree that a census

should be taken of the entire Roman world.

 (This was the first census that took place while

Quirinius was governor of Syria.)

And everyone went to his own town to register.

So Joseph also went up from the town of Nazareth

in Galilee to Judea, to Bethlehem the town of David,

because he belonged to the house and line of David.

He went there to register with Mary,

who was pledged to be married to him and

was expecting a child.

While they were there, the time came for

the baby to be born, she

gave birth to her firstborn, a son.

She wrapped … Continue Reading