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- And yet God is glorified in it. The manger highlights the way God uses our deepest pain, our humiliation, the things we wish were different, the despised and the lowly, to bring him the greatest glory.
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Nov 30, 2017 · Manger comes from the Latin word for chew or eat. It refers to a trough where horses and donkeys and cattle ate. For example, Luke uses it in Luke 13:15: The Lord answered him, “You hypocrites! Does not each of you on the Sabbath untie his ox or his donkey from the manger and lead it away to water it?”
Dec 23, 2015 · The manger highlights the way God uses our deepest pain, our humiliation, the things we wish were different, the despised and the lowly, to bring him the greatest glory. God’s kingdom is upside down. The last shall be first, the weak shall be strong, and the foolish shall shame the wise.
Oct 27, 2022 · The manger facilitated a metaphor—Newborn Jesus, the Bread of Life, lay in a feeding trough in the little town of Bethlehem, which means “the house of bread” in Hebrew. No other food has the power to give us everlasting life ( John 6:51 ).
- The manger is like a “living Gospel” Pope Francis recalled that the representation of the birth of Jesus is “like a living Gospel rising up from the pages of sacred Scripture” to invite men to “set out on a spiritual journey, drawn by the humility of the God who became man in order to encounter every man and woman.”
- The origin of the symbol dates back to the time of Saint Francis. The Pontiff recalled that the history of Christmas cribs dates back to days after November 29, 1223, when Pope Honorius III approved the Rule of St. Francis of Assisi in Rome.
- The manger shows God’s tenderness. The Holy Father pointed out that the manger not only "helps us to relive the history of what took place in Bethlehem," but also "shows God’s tender love" who, being the Creator of the universe, “lowered himself to take up our littleness.”
- In the manger all of creation rejoices in the Feast of the coming of Jesus. In Admirabile signum, Pope Francis reflected upon the elements that make up the nativity scene that we have in our homes, such as the starry sky, the landscapes, the animals and the shepherds, which remember what the prophets had foretold, that: “all creation rejoices in the coming of the Messiah.”
Dec 25, 2018 · This is the eternal wisdom of God “which God decreed before the ages for our glory” (1 Corinthians 2:7). This eternal, divine, cosmically displayed wisdom was summed up in the wonder of the God-man, Jesus Christ.
Dec 24, 2014 · From Muslims to Jehovah's Witnesses, the belief that God himself became man is not accepted by other religions. Yet it is absolutely fundamental to Christian belief. Here are a few of the reasons why it's important that God came to earth in the form of Jesus. 1.
Dec 24, 2017 · The manger is where the flock is fed. Here is Jesus Christ, the bread of life, to feed the flock of God. John 6:35 And Jesus said unto them, I am the bread of life: he that cometh to me shall never hunger; and he that believeth on me shall never thirst. It’s significant that the manger smelled like cattle. Make no mistake, the manger is a ...
