Pause+Pray

In response to John the Baptist’s prenatal greeting, Mary of Nazareth gives glory to God. She exclaims, “My soul magnifies the Lord!”

“Woe to the solitary person! If that one should fall, there is no other to help” (Ecclesiastes 4:10). The elderly and infirm are particularly vulnerable.

Mary was filled with the Holy Spirit and became pregnant with the Messiah. When a woman becomes pregnant, rest is vital for her body.

We are given the gift of having St. Francis’ guidance: “All the darkness in the world cannot extinguish the light of a single candle.”

In Luke 2:8, we are offered a glimpse into the lifestyle of shepherds at the time of Jesus’ birth: “And there were in the same country shepherds abiding in the field, keeping watch over their flock by night.”

Today, we have Nativity scenes sprinkled all over the world around the Advent and Christmas seasons because of one man’s actions.