For 25 December 2006, Christmas, based on Luke 2:1-14
In those days a decree went out from Emperor Augustus that all the world should be registered. This was the first registration and was taken while Quirinius was governor of Syria. All went to their own towns to be registered. Joseph also went from the town of Nazareth in Galilee to Judea, to the city of David called Bethlehem, because he was descended from the house and family of David. He went to be registered with Mary, to whom he was engaged and who was expecting a child. While they were there, the time came for her to deliver her child. And she gave birth to her firstborn son and wrapped him in bands of cloth, and laid him in a manger, because there was no place for them in the inn.
In that region there were shepherds living in the fields, keeping watch over their flock by night. Then an angel of the Lord stood before them, and the glory of the Lord shone around them, and they were terrified. But the angel said to them, “Do not be afraid; for see—I am bringing you good news of great joy for all the people: to you is born this day in the city of David a Savior, who is the Messiah, the Lord. This will be a sign for you: you will find a child wrapped in bands of cloth and lying in a manger.” And suddenly there was with the angel a multitude of the heavenly host, praising God and saying, “Glory to God in the highest heaven, and on earth peace among those whom he favors!”
Scripture passage from the New Revised Standard Version Bible: Catholic Edition, copyright 1989, 1993, Division of Christian Education of the National Council of the Churches of Christ in the United States of America. Used by permission. All rights reserved.
About Margaret Ormond, O.P.
Margaret Ormond, OP is a member of the Dominican Sisters of Saint Mary of the Springs which she entered in 1962. She comes from Brooklyn, New York and spent most of her ministerial life in Connecticut, Ohio and Illinois, where she worked in education, formation, preaching with Parable and leadership. In 1998 she became the first International Coordinator of Dominican Sisters International (DSI). She just completed nine years in this ministry and hopes to continue some form of missionary work in East Africa.
Thank you for your prayers for Sr. Barbara Schwarz, O.P., one of our preachers, who is hospitalized with COVID-19. Sr. Barbara is now recovering in a rehab facility. Not completely better yet, but on the way, so keep up the prayers, she appreciates them.
25 Mon Dec 2006
Mothers of God
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In those days a decree went out from Emperor Augustus that all the world should be registered. This was the first registration and was taken while Quirinius was governor of Syria. All went to their own towns to be registered. Joseph also went from the town of Nazareth in Galilee to Judea, to the city of David called Bethlehem, because he was descended from the house and family of David. He went to be registered with Mary, to whom he was engaged and who was expecting a child. While they were there, the time came for her to deliver her child. And she gave birth to her firstborn son and wrapped him in bands of cloth, and laid him in a manger, because there was no place for them in the inn.
In that region there were shepherds living in the fields, keeping watch over their flock by night. Then an angel of the Lord stood before them, and the glory of the Lord shone around them, and they were terrified. But the angel said to them, “Do not be afraid; for see—I am bringing you good news of great joy for all the people: to you is born this day in the city of David a Savior, who is the Messiah, the Lord. This will be a sign for you: you will find a child wrapped in bands of cloth and lying in a manger.” And suddenly there was with the angel a multitude of the heavenly host, praising God and saying, “Glory to God in the highest heaven, and on earth peace among those whom he favors!”
Scripture passage from the New Revised Standard Version Bible: Catholic Edition, copyright 1989, 1993, Division of Christian Education of the National Council of the Churches of Christ in the United States of America. Used by permission. All rights reserved.
About Margaret Ormond, O.P.
Margaret Ormond, OP is a member of the Dominican Sisters of Saint Mary of the Springs which she entered in 1962. She comes from Brooklyn, New York and spent most of her ministerial life in Connecticut, Ohio and Illinois, where she worked in education, formation, preaching with Parable and leadership. In 1998 she became the first International Coordinator of Dominican Sisters International (DSI). She just completed nine years in this ministry and hopes to continue some form of missionary work in East Africa.