Father Dave's Notes – December 2014
In the fullness of time,
when creation was made ready,
in the 42nd year of the rule of Octavian Augustus,
when the whole world was at peace,
JESUS CHRIST,
the eternal God and Son of the eternal Father,
desiring to sanctify the world by His most merciful coming,
having been conceived by the Holy Ghost,
and nine months having passed since His conception
was born in Bethlehem of Judah
of the Virgin Mary,
having become a human being.
-Adapted from the Roman Martyrology for December 24