Par le petit garçon qui meurt près de sa mère Tandis que des enfants s’amusent au parterre Et par l’oiseau blessé qui ne sait pas comment Son aile tout à coup s’ensanglante et descend Par la soif et la faim et le délire ardent Je vous salue, Marie
Par les gosses battus, par l’ivrogne qui rentre Par l’âne qui reçoit des coups de pied au ventre Et par l’humiliation de l’innocent châtié Par la vierge vendue qu’on a déshabillée Par le fils dont la mère a été insultée Je vous salue, Marie
Par la vieille qui, trébuchant sous trop de poids S’écrie “mon Dieu !” par le malheureux dont les bras Ne purent s’appuyer sur une amour humaine Comme la Croix du Fils sur Simon de Cyrène Par le cheval tombé sous le chariot qu’il traîne Je vous salue, Marie
Par les quatre horizons qui crucifient le monde Par tous ceux dont la chair se déchire ou succombe Par ceux qui sont sans pieds, par ceux qui sont sans mains Par le malade que l’on opère et qui geint Et par le juste mis au rang des assassins Je vous salue, Marie
Par la mère apprenant que son fils est guéri Par l’oiseau rappelant l’oiseau tombé du nid Par l’herbe qui a soif et recueille l’ondée Par le baiser perdu par l’amour redonné Et par le mendiant retrouvant sa monnaie Je vous salue, Marie
You can run on for a long time Run on for a long time Run on for a long time Sooner or later God’ll cut you down Sooner or later God’ll cut you down
Go tell that long tongue liar Go and tell that midnight rider Tell the rambler The gambler The back biter Tell ’em that God’s gonna cut ’em down Tell ’em that God’s gonna cut ’em down
Well my goodness gracious let me tell you the news My head’s been wet with the midnight dew I’ve been down on bended knee talkin’ to the man from Galilee He spoke to me in the voice so sweet I thought I heard the shuffle of the angel’s feet He called my name and my heart stood still When he said, “John, go do my will!”
Go tell that long tongue liar Go and tell that midnight rider Tell the rambler The gambler The back biter Tell ’em that God’s gonna cut ’em down Tell ’em that God’s gonna cut ’em down
You can run on for a long time Run on for a long time Run on for a long time Sooner or later God’ll cut you down Sooner or later God’ll cut you down
Well, you may throw your rock and hide your hand Workin’ in the dark against your fellow man But as sure as God made black and white What’s down in the dark will be brought to the light
You can run on for a long time Run on for a long time Run on for a long time Sooner or later God’ll cut you down Sooner or later God’ll cut you down
Go tell that long tongue liar Go and tell that midnight rider Tell the rambler The gambler The back biter Tell ’em that God’s gonna cut ’em down Tell ’em that God’s gonna cut ’em down
Love, love, love, is it love, if one cannot embrace human vanity or is it just plain silliness? Should love be sang, declared, or deep in one’s heart vault be contained, no, not like in a prison cell, but like a precious ore not yet uncovered, claimed, explored… not yet EXPLOITED, by anyone, ever so well unclaimed, it shines like the sum of all suns
Time is capricious, love unclaimed transcends. (PostedHere)
The traditional Christmas narrative, the Nativity of Jesus, delineated in theNew Testamentsays that Jesus was born inBethlehem, in accordance withmessianic prophecies.WhenJosephandMaryarrived in the city, the inn had no room and so they were offered astablewhere theChrist Childwas soon born, withangelsproclaiming this news to shepherds who then further disseminated the information.
Although the month and date of Jesus’ birth are unknown, the church in the early fourth century fixed the date as December 25.This corresponds to the date of thewinter solsticeon the Roman calendar.Most Christians celebrate on December 25 in theGregorian calendar, which has been adopted almost universally in thecivil calendarsused in countries throughout the world. However, part of theEastern Christian Churchescelebrate Christmas on December 25 of the olderJulian calendar, which currently corresponds to January 7 in the Gregorian calendar. For Christians, believing thatGodcame into the world in theform of mantoatonefor thesinsof humanity, rather than knowing Jesus’ exact birth date, is considered to be the primary purpose in celebrating Christmas.
“Christmas” is a shortened form of “Christ‘smass“. The word is recorded asCrīstesmæssein 1038 andCristes-messein 1131.Crīst(genitiveCrīstes) is from GreekKhrīstos(Χριστός), a translation ofHebrewMāšîaḥ(מָשִׁיחַ), “Messiah“, meaning “anointed”;andmæsseis from Latinmissa, the celebration of theEucharist.
The formChristenmaswas also historically used, but is now considered archaic and dialectal.The term derives from Middle EnglishCristenmasse, meaning “Christian mass”.Xmasis an abbreviation ofChristmasfound particularly in print, based on the initial letterchi(Χ) in GreekKhrīstos(Χριστός), “Christ”, though numerousstyle guidesdiscourage its use.This abbreviation has precedent in Middle EnglishΧρ̄es masse(where “Χρ̄” is an abbreviation for Χριστός).
Other names
In addition to “Christmas”, the holiday has been known by various other names throughout its history. TheAnglo-Saxonsreferred to the feast as “midwinter”,or, more rarely, asNātiuiteð(fromLatinnātīvitāsbelow).“Nativity“, meaning “birth”, is from Latinnātīvitās.In Old English,Gēola(Yule) referred to the period corresponding to December and January, which was eventually equated with Christian Christmas.“Noel” (or “Nowel”) entered English in the late 14th century and is from the Old Frenchnoëlornaël, itself ultimately from the Latinnātālis (diēs)meaning “birth (day)”.
Nativity
Gospel according to Saint Luke Chapter 2, v 1–20
The gospels ofLukeandMatthewdescribe Jesus as being born inBethlehemto theVirgin Mary. In Luke, Joseph and Mary travel fromNazarethto Bethlehem for the census, and Jesus is born there and laid in a manger.Angels proclaimed him a savior for all people, and shepherds came to adore him.
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