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Be it done to me
according to your word. |
| Luke 1:38 |
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Mary’s ‘fiat’ spoken so softly as to be almost a whisper,
shook heaven and earth,
and began the beautiful mystery of the Incarnation.
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Servant of God, Catherine Doherty, 20th century
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We rejoice in our hope
of sharing the glory of God.
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| Romans 5:2 |
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Christ was sent by the Father
to shine on us in the glory of his face,
and so enable us to see what is eternal and heavenly.
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St. Ambrose, 4th century
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We have seen his glory,
the glory as of the Father's only Son,
full of grace and truth. |
| John 1:14 |
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Jesus, who reveals the Father,
has fulfilled the desire hidden in every heart to know God.
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Ven. John Paul II, 20th century
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The star that they had seen at its rising
preceded them,
until it came and stopped over the place
where the child was. |
| Matthew 2:9 |
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Today the Magi find, crying in a manger,
the one they have followed as he shone in the sky.
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St. Peter Chrysologus, 5th century
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Going into the house
they saw the child with Mary his mother,
and they fell down and worshiped him. |
| Matthew 2:11 |
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The mother holds the child for the Magi to adore;
the Father reveals that his Son is to be worshiped
by all the nations.
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St. Maximus of Turin, 5th century
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| Let us see this thing that has happened. |
| Luke 2:15 |
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The birth of Jesus at Bethlehem
is not an event that can be consigned to the past.
The whole of humanity, in fact, stands in reference to him;
our own time and the future of the world
are illumined by his presence.
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Ven. John Paul II, 20th century
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To you is born this day in the city of David
a Savior, who is Christ the Lord. |
| Luke 2:11 |
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In giving us all that is: his Son;
In him, God has now said all.
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St. John of the Cross, 16th century
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When peaceful silence lay over all,
and night had run half her swift course,
your all-powerful word, O Lord,
leaped down from heaven from the royal throne. |
| Wisdom 18:14-15 |
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Let us celebrate the festive day
on which he who is the great and eternal day
came from the great and endless day of eternity
into our own short day of time.
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St. Augustine, 5th century
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