The Character of Christmas Second of Mary's Travail
AP Religion writer George W. Cornell looks at humility as a core Christmas quality in the second of four pieces. He recalls Mary and Joseph’s arduous journey from Galilee to Bethlehem to register for taxes, endured in rough camps and a smelly cave, vivid with poverty and rejection.
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Congo struggle darkens as Saidthome era deepens
Four years after independence Congo faces dim prospects for orderly development, with Tshombe's return and rebel setbacks in Stanleyville and eastern regions. WestEast tensions, UN debates, and competing Soviet and Chinese influence complicate efforts to stabilize the nation and exclude communists. Mary and Joseph reference appears as a separate biblical excerpt.
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Humility and the Nativity in a Stable Bethlehem
The excerpt reflects on the prophecy of a ruler from Bethlehem, Mary and Joseph's hardship finding a place to birth Jesus, and the theme that greatness lies in humility. It links Christ's birth in a dingy cave to a wider message of service, poverty, and divine sovereignty born from rejection. Tomorrow: The creaturehood of Christmas.
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