I am now having a vision of Mary. She is in the manger at Bethlehem, holding her infant, Jesus, in her arms. She has him covered with an off-white blanket, the color of lamb’s wool, and rocking him to and fro within her arms in her attempt to keep him warm and comfortably in peace as he sleeps.
‘Mother, how I need your infant son. I am thankful that he is always with me to renew my hope and peace each day and that he may be born through his heart of love within my heart.’
Mary now says, “My son, do you desire to hold him?”
‘Yes, dear mother and to never let him go.’
Now, as Mary is now passing our Lord to me, she says, “My son, he is yours for all eternity. I desire to offer my infant Jesus to all of my children. It is good that you have come to me this early morning.”
‘Mother, I rejoice. I rejoice in the glory of his birth, in the joy of holy Christmas, to hold him within my arms, to take him within my heart forever.’
There are now three shepherds appearing in the vision. They are observing me. The shepherds, they take watch.
The joys of the colors of Christmas come to life in the beauty of the trees lit and the color of the wreaths, the packaged gifts and the angels. All signifying the beauty and the celebration of the birth of our Lord.
‘I pray now, my little infant Jesus, within my arms and my heart, that you shall renew my hope and give me rest in these days of the epiphany of your birth. I pray for the hope that is love within my heart. To give love to many, not to tire, but to always seek to give in the hope of fulfilling new dreams that are visions of holy beginnings according to your will, of new life within me.
I love you. Yes, I love you. Come now, come now. Mary is calling me.’
“Come and rest with us this night in the holy manger of my son’s love, in the holy light of his birth and mercy for the world. Come now, my son, and let us sing of hope. Let us sing a new song of love, of the joy of his presence.”
The shepherds gather as Joseph is sitting quietly.
“My son, wait with me, now and eternally. Wait with me in love for the Three Kings to come. All things are hope in him.”
‘I love you, Mother.’
“I love you, my son. Come and live with us eternally. And may the glory of my son’s love shine throughout the earth and all the universe for the redemption and love of his children.”