NARRATOR 1: The shepherds left their fields and went in haste to Bethlehem. They found Mary and Joseph, and the infant, lying in a manger. When they saw this, they made known what had been told them about his child.
NARRATOR 2: All who heard it were amazed at what the shepherds told them.
NARRATOR 3: Mary pondered all these words in her heart.
NARRATOR 1: The shepherds returned to their fields, glorifying and praising God for all they had heard and seen as it had been told them.
NARRATOR 2: After eight days had passed, it was time to circumcise the child.
NARRATOR 3: He was called Jesus, the name given by the angel before he was conceived in the womb.
Luke 2.15-21
Sunday Readings: Numbers 6.22-27; Galatians 4.4-7; Luke 2.16-21
