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appropriate time to imagine how you might offer your growing gifts of the Spirit during these often hectic days, when both people and Today’s Reflection MAY THE HOLY SPIRIT fall upon you. Like a falling star, trailing across the dawns and dusks of your Advent living, may peace. Send your gentle, fierce Spirit to all the war-torn lands and broken relationships. Come, God of peace. We need you today. Amen. – the angel Gabriel. … “I am with you,” God promises Joseph, Mary’s husband-to-be, in a dream.. .. Promise by promise, the Any man would be angry and brokenhearted to learn that his fiancée was pregnant—and he’s not the father. And today on Discover the Word, we look at the role Joseph played in the Christmas story, and consider how Mary’s pregnancy put him in a painful spot. Join us racing. When I chose to pray, however, and to consider how I could apply biblical principles to the situation, my thoughts shifted. I Have you noticed that sometimes, Christmas can get controversial? I’ve seen people yelling in the faces of workers at Walmart or other retail stores, just for saying “Happy Holidays” instead of “Merry Christmas.” I have a treasured memory of gatherings with family friends when our boys were small. The ad*lts would talk into the night; our children, weary with play would curl up on a couch or chair and fall asleep. When it was time to leave, I would gather our boys into my arms, carry Have you noticed that sometimes, Christmas can get controversial? I’ve seen people yelling in the faces of workers at Walmart or other retail stores, just for saying “Happy Holidays” instead of “Merry Christmas.”