Merry Christmas!

Wishing you a most joyous and meaningful celebration.

For unto you is born this day in the city of David a Saviour, which is Christ the Lord.

In His Love, Greg for This Day’s Thought

God came as a baby, giving and entrusting Himself to me.  He expects my personal life to be a “Bethlehem.”  Am I allowing my natural life to be slowly transformed by the indwelling life of the Son of God?  God’s ultimate purpose is that His Son might be exhibited in me.

Oswald Chambers

“Glory to God in the highest, And on earth peace, goodwill toward men!”

Luke 2:14
The New King James Version

A Christmas Prayer

Let us pray that strength and courage abundant be given to all who work for a world of reason and understanding; that the good that lies in every man’s heart may day by day be magnified; that men will come to see more clearly not that which divides them, but that which unites them; that each hour may bring us closer to a final victory, not of nation over nation, but of man over his own evils and weaknesses; that the true spirit of this Christmas Season—its joy, its beauty, its hope, and above all its abiding faith—may live among us; that the blessings of peace be ours—the peace to build and grow, to live in harmony and sympathy with others, and to plan for the future with confidence.

New York Life Insurance Company, 1972

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I am thinking of you today because it is Christmas and I wish you happiness, and tomorrow because it will be the day after Christmas, I shall still wish you happiness and so on through the year.  I may not be able to tell you about it every day, because I may be far away; or because both of us may be very busy; or because I cannot even afford to pay the postage on so many letters, or find the time to write them, but that makes no difference, the thought and the wish will be here just the same.  Whatever joy or success comes to you will make me glad without pretense, and in plain words, goodwill to you is what I mean, in the spirit of Christmas.

Henry Van Dyke

And it came to pass in those days, that there went out a decree from Caesar Augustus that all the world should be taxed.  (And this taxing was first made when Cyrenius was governor of Syria.)  And all went to be taxed, every one into his own city.  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:)  To be taxed with Mary his espoused wife, being great with child.

Luke 2:1-5
The King James Version

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To become a child in relation to God is the condition for entering the kingdom.  For this, we must humble ourselves and become little.  Even more: to become “children of God” we must be “born from above” or “born of God.”  Only when Christ is formed in us will the mystery of Christmas be fulfilled in us.

Catechism of the Catholic Church

God sent a man, John the Baptist, to tell about the light so that everyone might believe because of his testimony.  John himself was not the light; he was simply a witness to tell about the light.  The one who is the true light, who gives light to everyone, was coming into the world.

John 1:6-9
The New Living Translation

May the gift of His Love be yours this Christmas!

Deborah Boone

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Whatever else be lost among the years,
Let us keep Christmas still a shining thing:
Whatever doubts assail us, or what fears,
Let us hold close one day, remembering
Its poignant meaning for the hearts of men.
Let us get back our childlike faith again.

Grace Noll Crowell

In the sixth month of Elizabeth’s pregnancy, God sent the angel Gabriel to Nazareth, a town in Galilee, to a virgin pledged to be married to a man named Joseph, a descendant of David.  The virgin’s name was Mary.  The angel went to her and said, “Greetings, you who are highly favored!  The Lord is with you.”  Mary was greatly troubled at his words and wondered what kind of greeting this might be.  But the angel said to her, “Do not be afraid, Mary; you have found favor with God.  You will conceive and give birth to a son, and you are to call him Jesus.  He will be great and will be called the Son of the Most High.  The Lord God will give him the throne of his father David,  and he will reign over Jacob’s descendants forever; his kingdom will never end.”  “How will this be,” Mary asked the angel, “since I am a virgin?”  The angel answered, “The Holy Spirit will come on you, and the power of the Most High will overshadow you.  So the holy one to be born will be called the Son of God.

Luke 1:26-35
The New International Version

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The coming of Jesus at Bethlehem brought joy to the world and to every human heart.  May His coming this Christmas bring to each one of us that peace and joy that He desires to give.

Mother Teresa

Therefore the Lord himself will give you a sign: The virgin will conceive and give birth to a son, and will call him Immanuel.

Isaiah 7:14
The New International Version

What is Christmas?  It is tenderness for the past, courage for the present, hope for the future.  It is a fervent wish that every cup may overflow with blessings right and eternal, and that every path may lead to peace.

Agnes M. Pahro

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Sin can bring pleasure, but never happiness.

R. C. Sproul

Wherefore thou art great, O Lord God: for there is none like thee, neither is there any God beside thee, according to all that we have heard with our ears.

2 Samuel 7:22
The King James Version

William Haddad was an associate of President John F. Kennedy.  After Kennedy was assassinated, his young son, John, asked Mr. Haddad, “Are you a daddy?”  Haddad told him he was.  Said little John, “Then will you throw me up in the air?”

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Take time to be separate from all friends and all duties, all cares and all joys; time to be still and quiet before God.  Take time not only to secure stillness from man and the world, but from self and its energy.  Let the Word and prayer be very precious; but remember, even these may hinder the quiet waiting.  The activity of the mind in studying the Word, or giving expression to its thoughts in prayer, the activities of the heart, with its desires and hopes and fears, may so engage us that we do not come to the still waiting on the All-Glorious One.  Though at first it may appear difficult to know how thus quietly to wait, with the activities of mind and heart for a time subdued, every effort after it will be rewarded; we shall find that it grows upon us, and the little season of silent worship will bring a peace and a rest that give a blessing not only in prayer, but all the day.

Andrew Murray

Keep your lives free from the love of money and be content with what you have, because God has said, “Never will I leave you; never will I forsake you.”

Hebrews 13:5
The New International Version

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What difference does it make to you what someone else becomes, or says, or does?  You do not need to answer for others, only for yourself.

Thomas a Kempis

The Lord Is Peace.

Judges 6:24
The English Standard Version

The pope and a peasant know more between them than the pope alone.

Italian proverb

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Do you know a book that you are willing to put under your head for a pillow when you are dying?  Very well; that is the book you want to study when you are living.  There is only one such book in the world.

Joseph Cook

Consult together, argue your case.  Get together and decide what to say.  Who made these things known so long ago?  What idol ever told you they would happen?  Was it not I, the Lord?  For there is no other God but me, a righteous God and Savior.  There is none but me.  Let all the world look to me for salvation!  For I am God; there is no other.

Isaiah 45:21-22
The New Living Translation

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Bread for myself is a material question; bread for my neighbor is a spiritual question.

Jacques Martin

He determines the number of the stars, he gives to all of them their names.  Great is our Lord, and abundant in power; his understanding is beyond measure.

Psalm 147:4-5
The Revised Standard Version

What if God arranged things so that we would experience a mild jolt of pain with every sin, or a tickle of pleasure with every act of virtue?  Sort of a divine behavior modification, if you will.  Would you obey because you loved God?  I don’t think so.  I think you’d obey simply because you desired pleasure and not pain.

Joni Eareckson Tada

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