In our rush to get to Christmas, we often don't stay there very long. This, the first Sunday after Christmas, is the sixth day of Christmas. The wonderful gift God gave us in the fullness of time deserves its full time for our consideration and celebration. Today we remember that not everything was joyful when the Savior was born. With Mary and Joseph, Jesus fled to Egypt to escape Herod's wrath. Voices of sorrow were raised for the martyrs at Bethlehem who did not escape Herod's rage. So we, as God's adopted children, recall His gift, the fulfillment of the prophet's word, and grief borne by some before the joy could be known by the many.
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