<p class="title_brown">III Mystery</p>

<p class="subtitle_brown">The birth of Jesus in Bethlehem</p>

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We contemplate the mystery of <em>the birth of Jesus in Bethlehem</em>, meditating on the words from Gospel according to Saint Luke:</p>

<p class="quote">When the angels had gone away from them into heaven, the shepherds <em>began</em> saying to one another, &laquo;Let us go straight to Bethlehem then, and see this thing that has happened which the Lord has made known to us&raquo;.&nbsp;So they came in a hurry and found their way to Mary and Joseph, and the baby as He lay in the manger.<br />
[Lk 2,15-16]</p>

<p class="normal_text">Can the birth of the Lord be seen from far? The Gospel writers did not think so and they describe it with the eyes of someone who wants to closely contemplate it, as if they had a camera with a progressive &lsquo;zoom&rsquo; that is focused on the child snuggled up by Mary and Joseph, as a human arc, frame of flesh and bone of the house or, if we want, of the tent that God constructs among men. The fragility of God made a Child is his first preaching, also registered by John in his Gospel when he uses that close lens to talk about the Incarnated Word that shines in the darkness.<br />
In Fatima, we also feel the light of God, especially revealed in the heart of His Mother. Virgin of Fatima, Lady of Nativity, intercede for us next to Christ so that we may contemplate the mystery of God made human!</p>
