| Lions and panthers adored him and accompanied them in the desert. Wherever Joseph and Mary went, they went before them showing them the way...Now at first when Mary saw the lions and the panthers, and various kinds of wild beasts, coming about them, she was very much afraid. But the infant Jesus looked into her face with a joyful countenance, and said: Be not afraid, mother; for they come not to do thee harm, but they make haste to serve both thee and me... They walked among wolves and feared nothing. - Pseudo-Matthew c. 600 |
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WE MUST NOT SLEEP No, we must not sleep this holy night; we must not sleep. The Virgin, all alone, is thinking: What will she do when she gives birth to the King of Immeasurable Light; If, before His Divine Essence, she will tremble, O what will she say to Him? No, we must not sleep this holy night; we must not sleep. Fray Ambrosie Montesino c. 1500 |
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