About that time
Caesar Augustus ordered a census
to be taken throughout the Empire.
This was the first census
when Quirinius was governor of Syria.
Everyone had to travel to his own ancestral hometown
to be accounted for.
So Joseph went from the Galilean town of Nazareth
up to Bethlehem in Judah,
David's town, for the census.
As a descendant of David, he had to go there.
He went with Mary, his fiance,
who was pregnant.
While they were there,
the time came for her to give birth.
She gave birth to a son, her firstborn.
She wrapped him in a blanket
and laid him in a manger,
because there was no room in the hostel.
Try to enter into the story and imagine what it would have been like for Mary to go into labor and give birth for the first time in a strange place among strangers. Reread the story.
Listen to Labor of Love through this player. You have to click on Labor of Love to get to the right song.
Question to ponder:
Who are the people in Portland who like Mary and Joseph are wandering and looking for a place of rest? What can we offer them?
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