Christ is born: Glorify him!

An Egyptian icon of the Nativity of Christ, with the Magi and shepherds above; below, the midwives wash the newborn Christ while the devil, disguised as a shepherd, tempts St. Joseph to doubt God’s promises about the divine Child.

Merry Christmas! God bless us, every one.

May he who deigned to be born in a cavern and laid in a manger for us and for our salvation, Christ our true God, through the prayers of his Most Pure Mother, of the holy, glorious, and all-laudable apostles, of the shepherds in the fields, and the Magi from the East: have mercy on us and save us for he is good and loves mankind!