On coming to the house, they saw the child with his mother Mary, and they bowed down and worshiped him. Then they opened their treasures and presented him with gifts of gold, frankincense and myrrh.  And having been warned in a dream not t...

After they had heard the king, they went on their way, and the star they had seen when it rose went ahead of them until it stopped over the place where the child was.  When they saw the star, they were overjoyed. 

Then Herod called the Magi secretly and found out from them the exact time the star had appeared.  He sent them to Bethlehem and said, “Go and search carefully for the child. As soon as you find him, report to me, so that I too may go and ...

When King Herod heard this he was disturbed, and all Jerusalem with him.  When he had called together all the people’s chief priests and teachers of the law, he asked them where the Messiah was to be born.  “In Bethlehem in Judea,” th...

HAPPY NEW YEAR!After Jesus was born in Bethlehem in Judea, during the time of King Herod, Magi[h] from the east came to Jerusalem and asked, “Where is the one who has been born king of the Jews?  We saw his star when it rose and ha...

When Joseph woke up, he did what the angel of the Lord had commanded him and took Mary home as his wife.  But he did not consummate their marriage until she gave birth to a son.  And he gave him the name Jesus. 

But after he had considered this, an angel of the Lord appeared to him in a dream and said, “Joseph son of David, do not be afraid to take Mary home as your wife, because what is conceived in her is from the Holy Spirit. She will give birth to ...

Joseph Accepts Jesus as His Son This is how the birth of Jesus the Messiah came about[d]: His mother Mary was pledged to be married to Joseph, but before they came together, she was found to be pregnant through the Holy Spiri...

Here's the Full text........ (it's abbreviated on the podcast...trust me!)The Genealogy of Jesus the Messiah This is the genealogy of Jesus the Messiah the son of David, the son of Abraham: Abraham was the...

When the time came for the purification rites required by the Law of Moses, Joseph and Mary took him to Jerusalem to present him to the Lord (as it is written in the Law of the Lord, “Every firstborn male is to be consecrated to the Lord” and t...

And there were shepherds living out in the fields nearby, keeping watch over their flocks at night.  An angel of the Lord appeared to them, and the glory of the Lord shone around them, and they were terrified.  But the angel said to t...

In those days Caesar Augustus issued a decree that a census should be taken of the entire Roman world. (This was the first census that took place while Quirinius was governor of Syria.)  And everyone went to their own town to register.&nbs...

When it was time for Elizabeth to have her baby, she gave birth to a son.  Her neighbours and relatives heard that the Lord had shown her great mercy, and they shared her joy. On the eighth day they came to circumcise the child...

At that time Mary got ready and hurried to a town in the hill country of Judea, where she entered Zechariah’s home and greeted Elizabeth.   When Elizabeth heard Mary’s greeting, the baby leaped in her womb, and Elizabeth was filled with th...

In the sixth month of Elizabeth’s pregnancy, God sent the angel Gabriel to Nazareth, a town in Galilee,  to a virgin pledged to be married to a man named Joseph, a descendant of David. The virgin’s name was Mary.  The angel went to he...

In the time of Herod king of Judea there was a priest named Zechariah, who belonged to the priestly division of Abijah; his wife Elizabeth was also a descendant of Aaron.  Both of them were righteous in the sight of God, observing all the ...

Lift up your heads, O gates; be lifted up, you everlasting doors; and the King of glory shall come in. © Berthier, Taize© Larkhall walk

Behold, a virgin shall conceive, and bear a son, and shall call his name Immanuel. © Berthier, Taize© Larkhall walk

Our Lord says, ‘Surely, I come quickly.’ Even so; come, Lord Jesus. © Berthier, Taize© Larkhall walk

Watch at all times, praying that you may have the strength to escape all these things that will take place, and to stand before the Son of Man. © Berthier, Taize© Larkhall walk

Break forth together into singing; you waste places of Jerusalem; for the Lord has comforted his people. © Berthier, Taize© Larkhall walk

The night is far spent, the day is at hand: let us therefore cast off the works of darkness and let us put on the armour of light. © Berthier, Taize© Larkhall walk