Every year we set up a traditional manger scene near our Christmas tree. There are Mary and Joseph, a shepherd and a few sheep, three wise men and at least one camel, and the baby Jesus.

Luke 2:1-7, The Birth of Jesus 1 In those days a decree went out from ... 16 So they went with haste and found Mary and Joseph, and the child lying in the manger. 17 When they saw this, they made ...

And Joseph also ... and laid him in a manger, because there was no place for them in the inn. The reader concludes: The gospel of the Lord. All respond: Praise to you, Lord Jesus Christ.

By Cliff Johnson At first the stable was empty. Then came lights and trees and straw and snow. Then the characters in the nativity scene at St. Nicholas Church in Carver began arriving, two at ...

They miss the taste of Sami’s tea, Afteem’s falafel, and fresh-squeezed pomegranate juice in Manger Square ... the arrival of Joseph and Mary down the cobbled Star Street and celebrate the birth of ...

Joseph and Mary stayed in the stable and made it as comfortable as they could. Just as the angel had said, Mary gave birth and Jesus was born. Mary laid baby Jesus in a manger which is where the ...

This event from the Gospel of Saint Luke took place forty days after the birth of Christ Jesus which we know as Christmas Day. We can only find the true meaning of Christmas in the Infant that was ...

Joseph and Mary set out on a long and arduous journey to Bethlehem. This story is based on the Biblical account of the birth of Jesus Christ.

Pope Francis had come to thank those who had donated the chapel’s Christmas tree and the carved life-sized figures that depicted the birth of Jesus ... mother Mary placed him in a manger ...