In two days we hear the story of Miryam of Nazareth’s journey, labor, and giving birth to Jesus. And again we are confronted with the question of how and where we are to join in the labor of love by bringing Christ into our world in deeds of kindness, hospitality, courage, justice, compassion, nonviolence, and love. Put simply, in order for God to be manifest on earth, God still needs earthen vessels through whom God can come into the world.

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