December 15, 2006

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   12/15 Edit:  Thank You, Ray ! (HeDied4U2 )
  Ray has provided the HTML code for
  the music player with shuffle which is
  now found here. 

  
  

   

  
  

  Wow!
  I’d had an idea cooking for a video post; I wanted to use
  one of my favorite songs, “Mary, Did You Know?”

  
  

  …then I came across the video you will find
  to the left…it powerfully conveys
  much of what I was thinking.

  
  

  *      (you’ll want to hit the “stop” button on
  the musicplayer below the YouTube before you start the video)
  
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  (from the Gospel, according to Luke)

  
  

  Now in the sixth month the angel Gabriel was sent from God to …Mary…   he  said  to her,
  “Greetings, favored one! The Lord is with you.”

  
  

  But she was very perplexed at this statement, and kept pondering what (  this meant )..he said to her, “Do  not be afraid, Mary; for you have found favor with God. “And behold, you will conceive in your womb and bear a son, and you shall name Him Jesus.  “He will be great and will be called the Son of the Most High; and the Lord God will give Him the  throne of His father David; and He will reign over the house of Jacob forever, and His kingdom will have no end.”

  
  

  Mary said to the angel, “How can this be, since I am  a virgin?”  The angel answered and said to her, “The Holy Spirit will come upon you, and the power of the Most High will overshadow you; and for that reason the holy  Child shall be called the  Son of God.  “   … nothing will be impossible with God.” And Mary said, “Behold, the bondslave of the Lord; may it be done to me according to your word.” And the angel departed from her.

  
  

  
  

  
  

  
  

      ….  the days were completed for her to give birth. And she gave birth to her firstborn son; and she wrapped Him in cloths, and laid Him in a manger, because there was no room for them in the inn.

  
  

          In the same region there were some shepherds staying out in the fields and keeping watch over their flock by night.  And an angel of the Lord suddenly stood before them, and the glory of the Lord shone around them; and they were terribly frightened.  But the angel said to them, “Do  not be afraid; for behold, I bring you good news of great joy which will be for all the people;  for today in the city of David there has been born for you a Savior,  who is Christ   the  Lord.  “This will be a sign for you: you will find a baby wrapped in cloths and lying in a manger.”   And suddenly there appeared with the angel a multitude of the heavenly host praising God and saying, ”Glory to God in the highest, And on earth peace among men with whom He is pleased.”  When the angels had gone away from them into heaven, the shepherds began saying to one another, “Let us go straight to Bethlehem then, and see this thing that has happened which the Lord has made known to us.” So they came in a hurry and found their way to Mary and Joseph, and the baby as He lay in the manger.  When they had seen this, they made known the statement which had been told them about this Child.  And all who heard it wondered at the things which were told them by the shepherds. 

  
  

   But Mary treasured all these things, pondering them in her heart.
  
  

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