{"id":4595,"date":"2020-12-26T10:33:17","date_gmt":"2020-12-26T15:33:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/marianistestg.org\/?p=4595"},"modified":"2020-12-26T10:42:43","modified_gmt":"2020-12-26T15:42:43","slug":"christmas-sacrement-of-poverty-and-tenderness","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/marianistestg.org\/?p=4595&lang=en","title":{"rendered":"Christmas: Sacrement of Poverty and Tenderness"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"4595\" class=\"elementor elementor-4595\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-fbfb246 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"fbfb246\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-91b84ea\" data-id=\"91b84ea\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-e30c8d1 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"e30c8d1\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p dir=\"ltr\" data-placeholder=\"Translation\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">It is Christmas!<\/span><br \/><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><span lang=\"en\">The child-God defeated all distances<br \/><\/span><span lang=\"en\">To become one of us,<\/span><\/span><br \/><span lang=\"en\" style=\"color: #000000;\">And set up once and for all his tent among us, <br \/>We who think of building palaces for him to live there.<\/span><\/p><p dir=\"ltr\" data-placeholder=\"Translation\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">He comes to kiss the earth, <\/span><br \/><span style=\"color: #000000;\">An earth embarrassed by a Coronavirus, <\/span><br \/><span style=\"color: #000000;\">A corona that crystallizes all its ills. <\/span><br \/><span style=\"color: #000000;\">He&#8217;s there carrying with him a crown of blessings.<\/span><\/p><p dir=\"ltr\" data-placeholder=\"Translation\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">He is there and just when we expected him, <\/span><br \/><span style=\"color: #000000;\">There, in the greatest simplicity, he lets himself be found, <\/span><br \/><span style=\"color: #000000;\">In a gathered family, In the tender arms of Mary, <\/span><br \/><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Mary, the woman of regenerated humanity; <\/span><br \/><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Under Joseph&#8217;s watchful eye, <\/span><br \/><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Joseph, the shadow on earth of the Heavenly Father.<\/span><\/p><p dir=\"ltr\" data-placeholder=\"Translation\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">It&#8217;s Celebration on Earth! <\/span><br \/><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Feast of God&#8217;s humility, <\/span><br \/><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Who out of love makes himself small and poor. <\/span><br \/><span style=\"color: #000000;\">His birth is the sacrament of poverty <\/span><br \/><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Who saves the earth, <\/span><br \/><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Makes all human beings Brothers of the same Father, <\/span><br \/><span style=\"color: #000000;\">And friends of the earth and all in it.<\/span><\/p><p dir=\"ltr\" data-placeholder=\"Translation\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Happy are those who, like Him, know how to cherish poverty, <\/span><br \/><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Who knows how to welcome his weakness with deep tenderness; <\/span><br \/><span style=\"color: #000000;\">He will share the Kingdom of Heaven, <\/span><br \/><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Where the angels sing endlessly: <\/span><br \/><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Gloria!<\/span><\/p><p dir=\"ltr\" style=\"text-align: center;\" data-placeholder=\"Translation\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><em>Bro. 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