Saturday, December 26, 2009

MERRY CHRISTMAS

The twenty-fifth day of December.
In the five thousand one hundred and ninety-ninth year of the creation of the world from the time when God in the beginning created the heavens and the earth;
the two thousand nine hundred and fifty-seventh year after the flood;
the two thousand and fifteenth year from the birth of Abraham;
the one thousand five hundred and tenth year from Moses and the going forth of the people of Israel from Egypt;
the one thousand and thirty-second year from David's being anointed king;
in the sixty-fifth week according to the prophecy of Daniel;
in the one hundred and ninety-fourth Olympiad;
the seven hundred and fifty-second year from the foundation of the city of Rome;
the forty second year of the reign of Octavian Augustus;
the whole world being at peace,
in the sixth age of the world,
Jesus Christ the eternal God and Son of the eternal Father,
desiring to sanctify the world by his most merciful coming,
being conceived by the Holy Spirit,and nine months having passed since his conception,
was born in Bethlehem of Judea of the Virgin Mary, being made flesh.

The Nativity of our Lord Jesus Christ according to the flesh.

Christmas Blessings from the Friars and Sisters as we
celebrate the birth of our Savior, Jesus, the Christ.

2 comments:

simone said...

An informative Christmas message and a very ceative display of the Nativity scene that even looked better real. Special thanks to Fr. Michael and the rest of the Franciscan Friars and Sisters for a very warm welcome to Above Rocks and Holy family church. It was a great blessing attending mass there. You’re all doing a fantastic job out there. God bless you all. Simone

simone xim said...

An informative Christmas message and a very ceative display of the Nativity scene that even looked better real. Special thanks to Fr. Michael and the rest of the Franciscan Friars and Sisters for very warm welcome to Above Rocks and Holy family church. It was a great blessing attending mass there. You’re all doing a fantastic job out there. God bless you all. Simone