by Faith Central & Steve Welsh
“#Jesus came from Galilee to John at the Jordan … … After Jesus was baptized, He came up from the water and behold, the Heavens were opened for Him, and He saw the Spirit of #God descending like a dove and coming upon Him. … a Voice came from the Heavens, saying, ‘This is My Beloved Son, with whom I
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“… And behold, the star that they had seen at its rising preceded them, until it came and stopped over the place where the Child was. They were overjoyed at seeing the star, and on entering the house they saw the Child with Mary His Mother. They prostrated themselves and did Him homage. Then they opened their treasures and offered
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“When the days were completed for their purification according to the law of Moses, the parents of Jesus took him up to Jerusalem to present Him to the Lord … in accordance with the dictate in the law of the Lord. … there was a man in Jerusalem whose name was Simeon. … righteous and devout, awaiting the consolation of
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“Beloved: What was from the beginning, what we have heard, what we have seen with our eyes, what we looked upon and touched with our hands concerns the Word of Life — for the Life was made visible; we have seen it and testify to it and proclaim to you the Eternal Life that was with the Father and was
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Catholic TV Mass for the Feast of Saint Stephen, First Martyr, Dec. 26, 2016, from Catholic TV in Boston. [Click here for Mass Readings]
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“Stephen, filled with Grace and Power, was working great wonders and signs among the people. Certain members of the so-called Synagogue of Freedmen, … could not withstand the wisdom and the spirit with which he spoke. * * * … he, filled with the #Holy Spirit, looked up intently to heaven and saw the Glory of #God and #Jesus standing
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“In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with #God, and the Word was God. He was in the beginning with God. All things came to be through Him, and without Him nothing came to be. What came to be through him was Life, and this Life was the Light of the human race; the Light shines in
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“When the Angels went away from them to heaven, the shepherds said to one another, ‘Let us go, then, to Bethlehem to see this thing that has taken place, which the Lord has made known to us.’ So they went in haste and found Mary and Joseph, and the Infant lying in the manger. …”
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“… Joseph too went up from Galilee from the town of Nazareth to Judea, to the city of David that is called Bethlehem, because he was of the house and family of David, to be enrolled with Mary, his betrothed, who was with Child. While they were there, the time came for her to have her Child, and she gave
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“This is how the Birth of Jesus Christ came about. When His mother Mary was betrothed to Joseph, but before they lived together, she was found with Child through the Holy Spirit. …”
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