The birth of Jesus Christ as found in Luke 2:1-20

n this time of worry about the future of our nation let us pause to remember the gift God gave us on the first Christmas morning. Here is the story of Christ’s birth as told to us by St. Luke @2: 1-20)

1 In those days a decree went out from Caesar Augustus that all the world should be enrolled. 2 This was the first enrollment, when Quirin’i-us was governor of Syria. 3 And all went to be enrolled, each to his own city. 4 And Joseph also went up from Galilee, from the city of Nazareth, to Judea, to the city of David, which is called...

One day in church, a preacher was giving a sermon on how the Bible covers every subject known to man. At the end of the service, when everyone was shaking the preacher’s hand as they were leaving, a woman came up to him and said “Nice sermon, Reverend, but I know of a subject that the Bible never discusses.”
“What’s that?” replied the preacher.
“Pre-Menstrual Syndrome” answered the woman.
The preacher then retorted, “I’m sure the Bible speaks of this phenomenon somewhere! I’ll tell you what, give me a week to do some research, and check back with me next Sunday.”
The lady agreed and waited until after the service the next week. When she approached the preacher after the next Sunday’s service, she had a coy smile on her face. “Well Reverend, it’s been a week, and I’m sure you didn’t find anything, did you?”
The preacher replied, “Actually I DID!”
The woman was astonished, and queried, “Exactly what did you find in the Bible that talks about Pre-Menstrual Syndrome?”
The preacher answered “In the book of Luke, it says ‘…and Mary rode Joseph’s ass all the way to Bethlehem!’”

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