The name I bear is both cross and crown.
Like the fate of the Babe born yesterday,
in Whom I can do all things through His grace and power.
Please pray for me. Let us pray for each other.
Through the intercession of St. Stephen, the first martyr,
may each of us fix our gaze not only on Bethlehem,
but also on Egypt, on Nazareth, on Bethany, on Samaria,
on Jerusalem and its Calvary, on the empty tomb,
and even beyond--to the ends of the earth,
to which the arms of the Christ Child sends us forth
to embrace, with "tenderness and hope", with Him.
*Originally posted on Facebook
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