THIS CHRISTMAS AS WE REFLECT ON THE BIRTH
OF OUR LORD AND SAVIOUR, WHAT WILL BE YOU
GIFT TO THE KING!!
THE LITTLE DRUMMER BOY
MAY GOD GRANT TO ALL THE TIDINGS
OF GREAT JOY WHICH SHALL BE TO ALL
PEOPLE.
Luke 2:6
And so it was, that, while they were there,
the days were accomplished that she should be delivered.
Luke 2:5
To be taxed with Mary his espoused wife,
being great with child.
Luke 2:10
And the angel said unto them, Fear not: for,
behold, I bring you good tidings of great joy,
which shall be to all people.
Matthew 1:21
And she shall bring forth a son, and thou
shalt call his name JESUS: for he shall save
his people from their sins.
MERRY CHRISTMAS
For unto you is born this day in the city of
David a Saviour, which is Christ the Lord.
4 And Joseph also went up from Galilee,
out of the city of Nazareth, into Judaea,
unto the city of David, which is called Bethlehem;
(because he was of the house and lineage of David:)
5 To be taxed with Mary his espoused wife, being
great with child.
6 And so it was, that, while they were there, the days were
accomplished that she should be delivered.
7 And she brought forth her firstborn son, and wrapped
him in swaddling clothes, and laid him in a manger;
because there was no room for them in the inn.
8 And there were in the same country shepherds abiding
in the field, keeping watch over their flock by night.
9 And, lo, the angel of the Lord came upon them, and
the glory of the Lord shone round about them: and they
were sore afraid.
10 And the angel said unto them,
Fear not: for, behold, I bring you good tidings
of great joy, which shall be to all people.
11 For unto you is born this day in the city of David
a Saviour, which is Christ the Lord.
12 And this shall be a sign unto you;
Ye shall find the babe wrapped in swaddling
clothes, lying in a manger.
13 And suddenly there was with the angel
a multitude of the heavenly host praising God,
and saying,
14 Glory to God in the highest, and on earth peace,
good will toward men.
15 And it came to pass, as the angels were gone
away from them into heaven, the shepherds said one to
another, Let us now go even unto Bethlehem,
and see this thing which is come to pass,
which the Lord hath made known unto us.
16 And they came with haste, and found Mary,
and Joseph, and the babe lying in a manger.
17 And when they had seen it, they made known
abroad the saying which was told them
concerning this child.
18 And all they that heard it wondered at those
things which were told them by the shepherds.
19 But Mary kept all these things, and pondered
them in her heart.20 And the shepherds returned,
glorifying and praising God for all the things
that they had heard and seen, as it was told
unto them.
http://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Luke+2%3A1-20&version=KJV
What is your gift to the King?
The choir of Westminster Cathedral sing
Morten Lauridsen's stunningly beautiful setting of
O Magnum Mysterium during Midnight Mass 2009.
O magnum mysterium
et admirabile sacramentum,
ut animalia viderent Dominum natum,
jacentem in præsepio.
Beata virgo, cujus viscera meruerunt
portare Dominum Christum, Alleluia!
Translation:
O great mystery
and wondrous sacrament,
that animals should see the newborn Lord
lying in their manger.
Blessed is the Virgin whose womb was worthy
to bear the Lord Jesus Christ. Alleluia!
GOD WITH US.
Gloria in excelisis deo
MERRY CHRISTMAS
