Merry Christ Mass!
QUEM TERRA
The Lord, whom earth, and sea and sky
With one adoring voice proclaim;
Who rules them all in majesty,
Enclosed Himself in Mary’s frame.
Lo, In a humble Virgin’s womb,
O’ershadowed by Almighty Power;
He whom the stars and sun and moon,
Each serve in their appointed hour.
O! Mother blest, to whom was given
Within thy body to contain,
The Architect of earth and heaven,
Whose hands the universe sustain.
To thee was sent an Angel down,
In thee the Spirit was enshrined;
Of thee was born that mighty one,
The long desired of all mankind.
O Jesu! Born of Virgin bright!
To Thee immortal glory be!
Praise to the Father Infinite,
And Holy Ghost eternally!
Amen.
EMMANUEL
His name shall be called Emmanuel, that is, “God with us.” This is truly the meaning of Christmas, the Birth of Our Lord Jesus Christ, God with us! For, as St. Jean-Baptiste-Marie Vianney, the Curé of Ars tells us, “… the second Person of the Trinity had taken a human nature, a human body, and a human soul, the same as we have. He has become one of us. He is like us in all things, with the exception of sin, says the Apostle. That is the first step of the mercy of God which we devoutly adore in the crib at Bethlehem. Sin separated man from God; between man and God there yawned a deep chasm, which man was not capable of bridging over.”