Birth of Jesus.

Joyful mysteries.

Birth of Jesus.

Points for meditation.

1. Joseph and Mary went to Bethlehem in order to have their names registered there as per the decree issued by emperor Augustus.

2.  Bethlehem was 70 miles away from Nazareth.

Joseph and Mary travelled for three days and arrived at Bethlehem in the evening.

As all the houses were full due to the coming of  lot of people to register their names, Mary and Joseph could not get place in any house to stay.

So they had to stay in a stable outside the city.

3.     Mary was then in her pregnancy.

While they were  there  the time came for her delivery. 

Mary gave birth to Jesus and laid Him in the manger to sleep in.

4. The Creator of the universe chose a very poor stable to be born in to show us the value of poverty.

"Blessed are the poor in spirit."

Let us meditate and see how far we are living these words of Jesus.

We spend thousands on celebration  of Christmas, the feast of Child Jesus who chose poverty.

He seems to tell us,. "Spend the money you  are mad after spending on me, for the needy who are with you."

5. The first Christmas message that came from above was ,"Glory be to God in the highest and peace be to men of good will."

Jesus came into the world to bring about peace.

Only men of good will can enjoy the peace given by God.

Peace that existed between God and us was lost due to our sin.

Jesus was born to re-establish the peace lost by sin.

Whatever we do, including our peaceful life, is for the glory of God.

6. To enhance the value of poverty the first message of the birth of Christ was given by God's Angels to poor shepherds.

The Shepherds came to the stable and paid their homage to Child Jesus.

7. Jesus is Almighty God, unlimited in all His attributes.

When He became man to redeem us from sin He took upon Himself all the weaknesses of human nature except sin.

As man He was subject to birth, growth, sufferings and death.

In order to make us like Him, He became like us.

He accepted to suffer to save us from eternal suffering.

He accepted to die to save us   eternal death.

All this He did out of His unlimited love for us.

8. Jesus was born for the salvation of the whole human race, not merely for the Jews.

So Jesus attracted three wise men from the East, who came to Jesus led by stars and offered Him gifts of gold, frankincense and myrrh.

It is our duty to spread the word of Jesus throughout the world.

9. God's showed His love for us by becoming man like us and by undergoing suffering and death in order to redeem us from sin.

How are we going to show our love for Him?

10. Dearest Jesus,

You came down to the world
To lift us up to Heaven.

You became materially poor
To make us Spiritually rich.

You took upon Yourself our weakness
To share with us Your strength.

You chose to die for us
To make us live with You.

Jesus I love you, because
You are so good and loving.

You showed  Your love for us by giving us Yourself.

Let us show our love for you by offering ourselves to You.

Lourdu Selvam.