the chRistmas stORy ... At that time: thepe went foRth A 6ecRee fpom caesAR Augustus that a census of the whole woRig should Be taken, this fiRSt census took place while cyRinus was govepnoR of sypia. anP all wepe going, each to his own town, to pegistep. anO Joseph alsowent fpom galilee out -W of the town of na^zapeth into ju6eatothetownof daviO, which IS called Bethlehem—Because he was of the house and family of david—to Reqistep, toqethep with mapy his espoused wife, who was with child, and it came to pass while they wepe thepe, that the days of hep to Be de- liveped wepe fulfilled, and she it. BROUQhX fORXh h6R flRSX&ORn son, WRapped him m swaP- 51)nq cloxhes, anP laiP him in a manqeR, Because xheRe was no Room foR xhem in xhe mn. anP XheRe.weRe shepheRPs m xhe same Pisxricx livinq in xhe pielPs anP keepinq waxch oveR xheiR flock By niqhx. anP BeholP, an anqel of xhe lORP sxooP By xhem An6 the QlORy of qo5 shone ROunO aBOUt them, an5 they feaiReO excee6inqly. anO the ^n- qel said to them, “do not Be afRaid. foR Behold, I BRinq you qood news of qReat joy which shall Be to all the people; foR thcRC has Been BORn to you to- day in the town of david a sav- lOR, who IS chRist the lORd. and rhis shall Be a siqn to you: you will pn6 an infant wRapped in swad^linq clothes an6 lying in a mangeR.” an6 su66enly theRe was with the angel a multituPe of the heavenly host pRaising go6 an5 saying. "glORy to go6 in the highest, an5 peace on eaRth among men of good will/' St Luke, 2 . hl4 “in the name of jesus let eveRy knee bow of those that ape in heaven, on eapth, an6 un5ep the eapth; anO let eveRy tongue confess that the Ior6 jesus chRist IS in the glopy of go6 the fatheR”, the worOs “in the name of jesus’’ pepmeate the whole litupgy of this feast. in sacR66 scRiptuRe we pnP qo5 Bestowing na^mes which 5e- scRiBethe n^^tuRe, chARACteR and woRk ceRtain people weRe to do. we pnd that even maRy was guided in the selection of the name foR heR son. “at that time, when eight days weRe fulfilled foR the ciRcum- cision of the child, his name was called ]esus, the name given him By the angel BefoRe he was conceived in the wdmB.” st. matthew explains - “poR he is to save his people fpom them sms”, the name jesus means saviOR. the.poweR in his name, Rev- eRently used, will cuRe evils op the spiRitual anP physical OR- PeR. saint peteR, in PepenPinq the cuRe op the cRipple, cRieP out: “you CRucipieP jesus chRist, the nazaRene, anP qoP RaiseP. him pRom the PeaP; it is thROUQh his name that this ma^n stands BefoRe you RestoRed . .. . salvation is not to Be found elsewheRCj this alone of all the names undeR heaven has Been appointed to men as the one By which we must needs Be saved.” this IS the name which com- mands Respect of all Beings, of those alReady saved, of those stRiving fOR salvation, and even those who have lost foReveR theiR chainces fOR SAlvaition. chRisti^ns naituRAlly invoke this na^me often, make paRt of youR daiily aict of RepaRAtion the PRayeR: “o qo6, who 5i6st ap- point thine only - Begotten son to Be the savioR of mankinP, an6 PiPst Bid that he should Be called jesus, mcRCi fully QRant that we, who vencRate his holy name on eaRth, may also enjoy the vision of him in heaven.” at that time: when jesus was BORH in Bethlehem ofju6ea, in the 6ays of kinq hepod, BeholO thepe came maqi fpom the east to jepusalem, saying, “whepe is the newly Bopn king of the jews? foR-we have seen his stap in the east and have come to wbRship him." But when king henod heaRd this, he was tROUBled, and so was all jCRusalem with him. and QathcRinq toqetheR all the chief pRiests and scribcs of the people, he inquiRed of them wheRe the chRist was to Be BORn. and they said to him, "in Bethlehem of fudea; foR thus it IS wRitten thRotiqh the pRophef, ‘ah6 thou, Bethlehem, of the l3in6 of ]u6eA, ARt By no mea^ns least among the pRinces of ]u6a; fOR fRom thee shall come fORth a lea6cR who shall Rule my peo- ple isRaer.” then hcR06 sum- mone6 the maqi secRetly, an6 caRefully asccRtaineP fRom them the time when the staR ha6 appeaReP to them. anP senPinq them to Bethlehem, he said, “QO An6 m^ke CAReful in- quiRy concepninq the chil6, An6 when you h^^ve found him, BRinq me woRd, thait i too may qo and woRShiphim.” now they, havinq heaRd the kinq, went theiR way. and Behold, the staR that they had seen in the east went BefoRe them, until it came and stood ovcR the place whcRe the child was. and when they saw the stAR they R6]Gice6 excee6mqly. And enteRinq the house, they Pound the child with mAPy his motheR, And pAllinq down they woRShipped him. And openinq theiR tReASURes they oppeped him qipts op qold, pRAnkrncense And mypRh. And Beinq wAPned m A dpeAm not to RetuRn to heRod, they went BAck to theiR own couhtRy By Anothep WAy; ^Jimymx qo6 Be qoo6 to you in All youR OAySj qo6 Be qoo6 to you in All youR WAys. qo6 give stRength to you when cRosses leAn? go6 give light to you the clou6s Between. go6 give peAce to you in times of stRife, goC) Bless eveRything thAt fills youR life. g o6 sen6 joy to you when gRief is o’eR? goP mAke wAy foR you At heAven’s 6oor.