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Ponder these virtues and ask God's grace to achieve
them:
Virtue: Poverty,
Detachment from materialism
To remember the theme of the 1st Joyful Mystery, add born
in poverty after Jesus' name in each Hail
Mary Prayer.
Holy Name: Jesus, born in poverty
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Announce:
The Nativity
Mary gave birth to Jesus in
a stable in Bethlehem. Local shepherds greeted the Savior. And three
kings from the east followed His star to pay homage to Him.
Meditate:
Jesus
was born in the poorest of places, a stable. As we are born into the
world, He came with nothing. He would be poor, owning
little and detached from worldly riches. His was not to be a life
filled with glory, and money, and materialistic things, but with spiritual
treasures. We will leave this world with nothing, just as we arrived in
it.
The shepherds, leading
their sheep, were welcomed, as were the poor in spirit -- the blind, the
lame, and the deaf. Those possessed by spirits, those haunted by fears
came. All who came to Jesus had their spirits lifted and felt their
hearts soar with joy.
What
spiritual treasures have you stored up in Heaven?
Ask:
I
ask you, God, to help me tto come simply and fully to You. Help me to lead
the simple, hurtless life, spirit-filled and unencumbered by material
extravagances and greed.
Heed Mary's
present-day message from Medjugorje:
"Dear
children, Also
today, I bless you all with my Son Jesus in my arms and I carry Him, who
is the King of Peace, to you, that He grant you His peace. I am with you
and I love you all, little children. Thank you for having responded to my
call.
" ~ MoM,
June 25, 1991
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Scripture
Reading, Luke 2: 6-12:
While they were there, the time came for her to have her child,
and she gave birth to her first born son. She wrapped him in
swaddling clothes and laid him in a manger, because there was no
room for them in the inn.
Now there were shepherds in that region living in the fields and
keeping the night watch over their flock. The angel of the Lord
appeared to them and the glory of the Lord shone around them, and
they were struck with great fear. The angel said to them: "Do
not be afraid; for behold, I proclaim to you good news of great
joy that will be for all the people. For today in the city of
David a savior has been born for you who is Messiah and Lord. And
this will be a sign to you: you will find an infant wrapped in
swaddling clothes and lying in a manger."
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