Summary

Numbers 6:22-27 - The LORD taught Moses how to bless the Israelites.

(Letter/Epistle of St Paul to the) Galatians 4:4-7 - We are God's free children in Christ.

Luke 2:16-21 - The visit of the shepherds followed by the circumcision and naming of Jesus

What is...?

Manger 

• Container of food for animals

• In the time of Jesus, this was typically made of stone.

Who is/are...?

Luke

• He was a physician. He was a disciple of St Paul. 

• He wrote the Gospel of Luke and the Book of Acts (or Acts of the Apostles).

• Short video about St Luke (2 minutes 21 seconds)

Galatians

• People of Galatia (today's Ankara, Turkey)

• St Paul travelled and preached in several places in the eastern Mediterranean Sea and Turkey

• More information here.

Basic Message

Mary, Mother of God

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