The Flight into Egypt

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An angel of the Lord appeared in a dream to Joseph, Wayang Prajanjian, Indonesia
An angel of the Lord appeared in a dream to Joseph and said, "Herod will be looking for the child in ordered to kill him. So get up, take the child and his mother and escape to Egypt, and stay there until I tell you to leave." Joseph got up, took the child and his mother, and left during the night for Egypt, where he stayed until Herod died. (Matthew 2:13b-15a)

The Flight into Egypt

There in the midst of darkness
They made their journey,
The journey that was the first
For the one born but a short time ago

It was a cold, uncertain journey
With few possessions.
There would be no friend
To welcome them in Egypt.

The sky continuously dark;
No sign that dawn was coming,
Yet hope they had in the little one
Peaceful in the arms of Mary.

Here is the longed for promise,
Immanuel-God is with us.
Darkness may still prevail
But we know it is encompassed by light.

Merry Christmas!

Masao Takenaka, Japan

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God sent his son to save humankind and free us from sin. He chose the house of a poor family, and Mary as the mother who was to conceive the son of God. Mary gave birth to Jesus in Bethlehem in a manger, a place surrounded by cows, sheep and goats.
When the King came to know of the birth of the savior, the Son of God, he ordered every infant in Bethlehem to be killed. Coming to know of this, Joseph and Mary decided to flee immediately with the infant Jesus for his safety.

Wayang Prajanjian, Indonesia by He Qi, China, 1998 by N.K. Mishra, India by Sadao Watanabe, Japan, 1978 by Paul Koli, India by Jamini Roy, India by A.P. Charles Raj, India

by Angelo da Fonseca, India by Kim Ki Chang, Korea by N.M.Misera, India by Chiang Chao Ho, China by Yoshihei Miya, Japan by S. Sudjojono, Indonesia,1985 by Xu Kesheng Wu Yixu, Sanghai

Two thousand years have slipped by
like freshlets in the Ganges
since St Thomas came to our land.
Here, though the cross is lifted high
amidst the paddy fields and coconut palms
and white-clad Christians flock to the churches
when the bell calls them to worship,
our wise men have not yet seen the star
and the manger of Bethlehem
is not yet cradle our land.

But Christian hope never dies
and the ends of the strands of destiny
are held safe in the hands of God.

Chandran Devanesan, India

 

NATIVITY
WOMAN AT THE WELL
HUMAN SUFFERING - Social Reality
THE CRUCIFIXION OF CHRIST
RESURRECTION - ASCENSION - PENTECOST

 
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