9/8/10 cblog WHAT DOES MARY WANT FOR HER BIRTHDAY? SHE WANTS US TO FOLLOW HER SON
St. Raymond 9am, M: 'Old fash family...8 kids..planned bday party for mom @ hotel coronado..she found out..didn't want coronado..asked for bbq at home..helps to match what the birthday person wants...as I get older..I don't like fancy restaurants anymore..rather have bbq..cheeseburgers..for mary's birthday..what does she want...she wants us to follow Jesus..that's why we read re the birth of Jesus..she doesn't want us to taker her to hotel biltmore...not focus on her but on her son..to do what her son wants us to do..the foundation of everything...were all different..not going to biltmore ..but to heart of her son.."
Micah 5:1-4a "The LORD says You, Bethlehem-Ephrathah, too small to be among the clans of Judah, From you shall come forth for me one who is to be ruler in Israel; Whose origin is from of old, from ancient times.(Therefore the Lord will give them up, until the time when she who is to give birth has borne, And the rest of his brethren shall return to the children of Israel.) He shall stand firm and shepherd his flock by the strength of the LORD, in the majestic name of the LORD, his God; And they shall remain, for now his greatness shall reach to the ends of the earth; he shall be peace. or
R. With delight I rejoice in the Lord.
Matt 1: "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. Joseph her husband, since he was a righteous man, yet unwilling to expose her to shame decided to divorce her quietly Such was his intention when, behold, the angel of the Lord appeared to him in a dream and said"Joseph, son of David, do not be afraid to take Mary your wife into your home. For it is through the Holy Spirit that this child has been conceived in her. She will bear a son and you are to name him Jesus, because he will save his people from their sins." All this took place to fulfill what the Lord had said through the prophet: Behold, the virgin shall be with child and bear a son and they shall name him Emmanuel which means "God is with us."
