OF THE SHEPHERDS
St. Luke speaks in the second Chapter [1-15].
First Point. First: Our Lady and her husband Joseph go from Nazareth to Bethlehem. "Joseph went up from Galilee to Bethlehem, to acknowledge subjection to Caesar, with Mary his spouse and wife, already with child."
Second Point. Second: "She brought forth her first-born Son and wrapped Him up with swaddling clothes and laid Him in the manger."
Third Point. Third: "There came a multitude of the heavenly army, which said: Glory be to God in the heavens.'"
St. Luke writes in the second Chapter [8-21].
First Point. First: The birth of Christ our Lord is manifested to the Shepherds by the Angel. "I manifest to you great Joy, for this day is born the Saviour of the world."
Second Point. Second: The Shepherds go to Bethlehem. "They came with haste and they found Mary and Joseph, and the infant put in the manger."
Third Point. Third: "The Shepherds returned glorifying and praising the Lord."
