Reflections of an RSCJ: Christmas eve

Thursday, December 24, 2015

Christmas eve

Tonight is the night that Christ was born. The angels tell the shepherds who go to find the Infant lying in a manger. What a mystery! Let us be silent and adore this Infant Savior who comes to reveal God's love to all mankind.

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Horan, Daniel P, O.F.M. Dating God: Live and Love in the Way of St. Francis. Franciscan Media, 2012.
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