| Show I THE TItE NATIVITY For two thousand thou yearn yer the Star ot of Bethlehem has gullIed GUided the tho wise of ot hu huM M to the place where hope Is strengthened faith and Jovo kindled anew Around tho the Man Mall ManKer Maller Ma Mager Ker ger er kings and shepherds have Kneeled down dew together In humility there Inno Innocence cence tEnce and helplessness wol have hoe found champions champion for tor there rested the tho Infant that became a child In lit order to sanctity sanctify the tho children of at men For Kor ecu cell celli i nations have turned to that sa sacred sacred cred place enraptured by tho the story of the tho heavenly light Hunt and tho the angelic at ills His nativity fIlled fill d with hope for tor the future by the reality of ot the tho IMst wonderful event In tho the worlds world entire history And now uw at this lute Into day skeptics come corne forward and tell ut u that the story of or the nativity Is but a I myth They pretend that they can bring evidence to 1 tho the effect affect that all In the narra oarn narratives tives of ot Matthew and Luke Lul e regarding tho the divine divino origin of Jesus w were cro ero borrowed harrowed by ly those authors front from pagan iuan sources so The rho sons song lion of ot the tho angels they say nay Is 1 framed In lit Imitation of the thO encomiums which wera er published ll throughout Asia sIa Minor lInor In honor of ot Augustus The trav traveling tnt cling eling star the of ot tho the Magi Maginil all nil are oro said to be bo legendary Tho The most mo t that tho those 6 skeptics will admit Is II that the conception of at tho the miraculous na nativity nap p la is L tho the result of ot a II pIous feeling tooling 1 u a poetic expression of ot popular faith Never Noer was a greater mistake made rIte Tho birth of Jesus was wait an nn epoch In Inthe inthe the worlds history From Franl It dates tho the liberation of or nations from fram serfdom om superstition Ignorance and sin The 1110 Influence of lilt Ills teachings are today tOllo en encompassing ent eni i t if compassing the tho world for tor or even edn pagans v Vi are awakening from the slumber r oj 01 o ok I k 11 millenniums setting selling their houses houlle r In ln order In accordance unco with wit time tho de demand def f mand ot of the th present What force Corce em emanated cm j l from Jesus to so 5 IC move the thet world to break up UJ empires and recon recall reconstruct t I society ao let Could a I poetic dream i emancipate women free freo slaves and ell 1 fraternity equality and lib hib ff J orty eny There Is indeed I If It the fruits of or ortho tho the OO lIol are considered no CIpe l from tram coin the tho acceptance I ot or Jesuit as os the then I II Son Iun n of ot If God Gem tho the divine Savior of ot th time the world j I l The Tha Christmas IU this year tar to n ml world torn tort with ell on I lIs lIst t I und and strife strite Lot mankind hear that mes mimes t tage and ami understand It For It holds hold i tho the key leey t to mall n ft 1 II ter H it Is I that I unless s we become ni as II little children we WI f shall hall never 1 r outer enter the tho kingdon In which 1 r Jesus Jc us la Is tho Sovereign ruler That it is itIn J In ln Sm other words unless we wo become as asI I children we will never bo be In n a condi comil condition tion tie to the tho true truo solution of ot time the le to which nil cli strife In li L due dill r rny We wo fully fUll that message JT j 4 anti place I In n mm I condition t to let love not strife trite bo bit b tho the fore toris of fit nil all 3 1 our thoughts words and actions |
