{"id":27018,"date":"2024-12-25T00:17:11","date_gmt":"2024-12-25T05:17:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ssvmusa.org\/?p=27018"},"modified":"2025-01-01T20:53:04","modified_gmt":"2025-01-02T01:53:04","slug":"christmas-2024","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ssvmusa.org\/index.php\/2024\/12\/25\/christmas-2024\/","title":{"rendered":"Christ is Born!"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"27018\" class=\"elementor elementor-27018\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-e93483e elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"e93483e\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-657fea9\" data-id=\"657fea9\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-1fa43a7 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"1fa43a7\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Merry Christmas!<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-2dc8afd elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"2dc8afd\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figure class=\"wp-caption\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/ssvmusa.org\/1s2s3v5m6\/wp-content\/uploads\/elementor\/thumbs\/The-Nativity-Lorenzo-Monaco-qyzndvqkvb2hmvypll90z63xu2jpxe584ax9l8zcn0.png?w=1200&#038;ssl=1\" title=\"The Nativity &#8211; Lorenzo Monaco\" alt=\"The Nativity by Lorenzo Monaco, Metropolitan Museum of Art, NY\" loading=\"lazy\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figcaption class=\"widget-image-caption wp-caption-text\">The Nativity by Lorenzo Monaco, Metropolitan Museum of Art, NY<\/figcaption>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/figure>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-775d9d95 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"775d9d95\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-51d3ea3d\" data-id=\"51d3ea3d\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-cdf9852 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"cdf9852\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">A Christmas Prayer from St. Bernard of Clairvaux<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-2a82ba28 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"2a82ba28\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><em>Let Your goodness Lord appear to us, that we,<br \/>made in your image, conform ourselves to it.<br \/>In our own strength<br \/>we cannot imitate Your majesty, power, and wonder<br \/>nor is it fitting for us to try.<br \/>But Your mercy reaches from the heavens<br \/>through the clouds to the earth below.<br \/>You have come to us as a small child,<br \/>but you have brought us the greatest of all gifts,<br \/>the gift of eternal love<br \/>Caress us with Your tiny hands,<br \/>embrace us with Your tiny arms<br \/>and pierce our hearts with Your soft, sweet cries.<\/em><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-1e78a0a4 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"1e78a0a4\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p style=\"text-align: center;\">We wish you a very Holy and Merry Christmas!\u00a0 <br \/>May the Christ Child bring light and peace into our world this Christmas!<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-31a4507a elementor-widget elementor-widget-spacer\" data-id=\"31a4507a\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"spacer.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-spacer\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-spacer-inner\"><\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Merry Christmas! The Nativity by Lorenzo Monaco, Metropolitan Museum of Art, NY A Christmas Prayer from St. Bernard of Clairvaux Let Your goodness Lord appear to us, that we, made in your image, conform ourselves to it. 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