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| SALVADOR DALI: Christ of Saint John of the Cross Kelvingrove Art Gallery and Museum Glasgow, Scotland |
What follows in not intended as a substitute for what is contained in the Bible, nor to promote any particular position. While it includes those passages from the Bible relating to the incarnation, it also includes apocryphal material edited from several other sources dating from before the fifth century. Medieval poetry and sacred art have been very much indebted to these writings. Much of this added material is more fable than fact; but the purpose here is not so much "facts" as "truth". Consider the following story:
Once upon a time a visitor came to a monastery looking for the purpose and meaning of life. The Teacher said to the Visitor, "If you seek Truth, there is one thing you must have above all else."
"I know" the visitor said. "To find Truth I must have an overwhelming passion for it."
"No," the Teacher said. "In order to find Truth, you must have an unremitting readiness to admit you may be wrong."
Bible passages are edited from the Hebrew Names Version (public domain), with frequent substitution of other words or phrases. The following is a list of the transliterated Hebrew names used in this post, with the common English form and the meaning of the name [to be added].
Aharon=Aaron
Anan=Annas
Aviram=Abiram
Aviyah
Avraham=Abraham:
Datan=Dathan
David=David
Elisheva=Elizabeth
Gavri'el
Hannah=Anna:
Ioakeim=Joakeim:Kohen
Kayafa=Caiaphas
Korach=Korah
Mashiach=Messiah or Christ:
Mattityahu=Matthew:
Miryam=Mary
Moshe=Moses:
Re'uven=ReubenRuach HaKodesh
Sarah=Sarah:
Shemu'el=Samuel:Yehudah
Yehudit=Judith
Yerushaláyim=Jerusalem
Yeshua=Jesus:
Yisra'el=Israel:
Yitzchak=Isaak
Yochanan=John:
Yosef=Joseph
Zekharyah=Zacharias
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| TITIAN : “A Sacra Conversazione: The Madonna and Child with Saints Luke and Catherine of Alexandria.” ca. 1560 Privately owned; sold 1/27/2011 at Southeby's in New York for $16,882,500 |
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Section I
THE FIRST COMMUNICATION OF THE INCARNATION OF YESHUA H'MASHIACH
Yochanan 1:1-18
1 In old time was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God.
2 The same was in the beginning with God.
3 All things were made through him. Without him was not anything made that has been made.
4 In him was life, and the life was the light of men.
5 The light shines in the darkness, and the darkness hasn't overcome it.
6 There came a man, sent from God, whose name was Yochanan.
7 The same came as a witness, that he might testify about the light, that all might believe through him.
8 He was not the light, but was sent that he might testify about the light.
9 The true light that enlightens everyone was coming into the world.
10 He was in the world, and the world was made through him, and the world did not recognize him.
11 He came to his own, and those who were his own did not receive him.
12 But as many as received him, to them he gave the right to become God's children, to those who believe in his name:
13 who were born not of blood, nor of the will of the flesh, nor of the will of man, but of God.
14 The Word became flesh, and lived among us. We saw his glory, such glory as of the one and only Son of the Father, full of grace and truth.
15 Yochanan testified about him. He cried out, saying, "This was he of whom I said, 'He who comes after me has surpassed me, for he was before me.'"
16 From his fullness we all received grace upon grace.
17 For the law was given through Moshe. Grace and truth came through Yeshua the Messiah.
18 No one has seen God at any time. The one and only Son, who is in the bosom of the Father, he has declared him.
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| Saints Joachim and Anne, parents of the Virgin Mary |
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| Nazareth from northeast |
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| Greek icon of Saint Anne and Mary, by Angelos Akotantos |
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| Nazareth, postcard by Fadil Saba |
4 And, behold, an angel of the Lord stood by, saying: Hannah, Hannah, the Lord hath heard thy prayer, and thou shalt conceive, and shalt bring forth; and thy seed shall be spoken of in all the world. And Hannah said: As the Lord my God lives, if I beget either male or female, I will bring it as a gift to the Lord my God; and it shall minister to Him in holy things all the days of its life.'' And, behold, two angels came, saying to her : Behold, Ioachim thy husband is coming with his shepherds, and sheep, and goats, and oxen. For an angel of the Lord went down to him, saying: Ioachim, Ioachim, the Lord God hath heard thy prayer. Go down hence; for, behold, thy wife Hannah shall conceive. And Ioachim went down and called his shepherds, saying : Bring me hither ten she-lambs without spot or blemish, and they shall be for the Lord my God; and bring me twelve tender calves, and they shall be for the priests and the elders; and a hundred goats for all the people. And, behold, Ioachim came with his flocks; and Hannah stood by the gate, and saw Ioachim coming, and she ran and hung upon his neck, saying: Now I know that the Lord God hath blessed me exceedingly; for, behold, the widow no longer a widow, and I the childless shall conceive. And Ioachim rested the first day in his house.
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| THE MADONA OF THE MEADOW RAPHAEL: ca. 1506 |
3 And gazing towards the heaven, she saw a sparrow's nest in the laurel, and made a lamentation in herself, saying: Alas! who begot me? and what womb produced me? because I have become a curse in the presence of the sons of Yisra'el, and I have been reproached, and they have driven me in derision out of the temple of the Lord. Alas ! to what have I been likened? I am not like the fowls of the heaven, because even the fowls of the heaven are productive before Thee, O Lord. Alas! to what have I been likened? I am not like the beasts of the earth, because even the beasts of the earth are productive before Thee, O Lord. Alas! to what have I been likened? I am not like these waters, because even these waters are productive before Thee, O Lord. Alas ! to what have I been kened ? I am not like this earth, because even the earth bringeth forth its fruits in season, and blesseth Thee, O Lord. even these waters are productive before Thee, O Lord. Alas ! to what have I been likened ? I am not like this earth, because even the earth bringeth forth its fruits in season, and blesseth Thee, O Lord.' Alas! to what have 1 been likened? I am not like the waves of the sea, because even the waves of the sea, in calm and storm, and the fishes in them, bless Thee, O Lord.
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| The Annunciation to Joachim and Anna by Ferrari Gaudenzio |
5 And on the following day he brought his offerings, saying in himself: If the Lord God has been rendered gracious to me, the plate on the priest's forehead will make it manifest to me. And Ioachim brought his offerings, and observed attentively the priest's plate when he went up to the altar of the Lord, and he saw no sin in himself. And Ioachim said: Now I know that the Lord has been gracious unto me, and has remitted all my sins. And he went down from the temple of the Lord justified, and departed to his own house. And her months were fulfilled, and in the ninth month Hannah brought forth. And she said to the midwife: What have I brought forth? and she said: A girl. And said Hannah: My soul has been magnified this day. And she laid her down. And the days having been fulfilled, Hannah was purified, and gave the breast to the child, and called her name Miryam.
6 And the child grew strong day by day; and when she was six months old, her mother set her on the ground to try whether she could stand, and she walked seven steps and came into her bosom ; and she snatched her up, saying: As the Lord my God lives, thou shalt not walk on this earth until I bring thee into the temple of the Lord. And she made a sanctuary in her bed-chamber, and allowed nothing common or unclean to pass through her. And she called the undefiled daughters of the Hebrews, and they attended her. And when she was a year old, Ioachim made a great feast, and invited the priests, and the scribes, and the elders,
and all the people of Yisra'el. And Ioachim brought the child to the priests; and they blessed her, saying : O God of our fathers, bless this child, and give her an everlasting name to be named in all generations. And all the people said: So be it, so be it, amen. And he brought her to the chief priests; and they blessed her, saying: O God most high, look upon this child, and bless her with the utmost blessing, which shall be for ever. And her mother snatched her up, and took her into the sanctuary of her bed-chamber, and gave her the breast. And Hannah made a song to the Lord God, saying: I will sing a song to the Lord my God, for He hath looked upon me, and hath taken away the reproach of mine enemies; and the Lord hath given me the fruit of His righteousness, singular in its kind, and richly endowed before Him. Who will tell the sons of Rubim that Hannah gives suck? Hear, hear, ye twelve tribes of Yisra'el, that Hannah gives suck. And she laid her to rest in the bed-chamber of her sanctuary, and went out and ministered unto them. And when the supper was ended, theywent down rejoicing, and glorifying the God of Yisra'el.
7 And her months were added to the child. And the child was two years old, and Ioachim said: Let us take her up to the temple of the Lord, that we may pay the vow that we have vowed, lest perchance the Lord depart from us, and our offering be not received. And Hannah said: Let us wait for the third year, in order that the child may not seek for father or mother. And Ioachim said: So let us wait. And the child was three years old, and Ioachim said: Invite the daughters of the Hebrews that are undefiled, and let them take each a lamp, and let them stand with the lamps burning, that the child may not turn back, and her heart be captivated from the temple of the Lord. And they did so until they went up into the temple of the Lord. And the priest received her, and kissed her, and blessed her, saying: The Lord has magnified thy name in all generations. In thee, on the last of the days, the Lord will manifest His redemption to the sons of Yisra'el. And he set her down upon the third step of the altar, and the Lord God sent grace upon her ; and she danced with her feet, and all the house of Yisra'el loved her.
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| VIRGIN AND CHILDWITH SAINTS FRA ANGELICO (1428-1430) |
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| RAPHAEL: Ansidei Altarpiece, ca. 1505 |
6 And the child grew strong day by day; and when she was six months old, her mother set her on the ground to try whether she could stand, and she walked seven steps and came into her bosom ; and she snatched her up, saying: As the Lord my God lives, thou shalt not walk on this earth until I bring thee into the temple of the Lord. And she made a sanctuary in her bed-chamber, and allowed nothing common or unclean to pass through her. And she called the undefiled daughters of the Hebrews, and they attended her. And when she was a year old, Ioachim made a great feast, and invited the priests, and the scribes, and the elders,
and all the people of Yisra'el. And Ioachim brought the child to the priests; and they blessed her, saying : O God of our fathers, bless this child, and give her an everlasting name to be named in all generations. And all the people said: So be it, so be it, amen. And he brought her to the chief priests; and they blessed her, saying: O God most high, look upon this child, and bless her with the utmost blessing, which shall be for ever. And her mother snatched her up, and took her into the sanctuary of her bed-chamber, and gave her the breast. And Hannah made a song to the Lord God, saying: I will sing a song to the Lord my God, for He hath looked upon me, and hath taken away the reproach of mine enemies; and the Lord hath given me the fruit of His righteousness, singular in its kind, and richly endowed before Him. Who will tell the sons of Rubim that Hannah gives suck? Hear, hear, ye twelve tribes of Yisra'el, that Hannah gives suck. And she laid her to rest in the bed-chamber of her sanctuary, and went out and ministered unto them. And when the supper was ended, theywent down rejoicing, and glorifying the God of Yisra'el.
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| Holy Family (The Virgin of the Good Milk) EL GRECO 1594-1604 |
7 And her months were added to the child. And the child was two years old, and Ioachim said: Let us take her up to the temple of the Lord, that we may pay the vow that we have vowed, lest perchance the Lord depart from us, and our offering be not received. And Hannah said: Let us wait for the third year, in order that the child may not seek for father or mother. And Ioachim said: So let us wait. And the child was three years old, and Ioachim said: Invite the daughters of the Hebrews that are undefiled, and let them take each a lamp, and let them stand with the lamps burning, that the child may not turn back, and her heart be captivated from the temple of the Lord. And they did so until they went up into the temple of the Lord. And the priest received her, and kissed her, and blessed her, saying: The Lord has magnified thy name in all generations. In thee, on the last of the days, the Lord will manifest His redemption to the sons of Yisra'el. And he set her down upon the third step of the altar, and the Lord God sent grace upon her ; and she danced with her feet, and all the house of Yisra'el loved her.
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| Jerusalem from the Mt. of Olives |
8 And her parents went down marvelling, and praising the Lord God, because the child had not turned back. And Miryam was in the temple of the Lord as if she were a dove that dwelt there, and she received food from the hand of an angel. And when she was twelve years old there was held a council of the priests, saying: Behold, Miryam has reached the age of twelve years in the temple of the Lord. What then shall we do with her, lest perchance she defile the sanctuary of the Lord? And they said to the high priest: Thou standest by the altar of the Lord; go in, and pray concerning her; and whatever the Lord shall manifest unto thee, that also will we do. And the high priest went in, taking the robe with the twelve bells into the holy of holies; and he prayed concerning her. And behold an angel of the Lord stood by him, saying unto him: Zekharyah, Zekharyah, go out and assemble the widowers of the people, and let them bring each his rod; and to whomsoever the Lord shall show a sign, his wife shall she be. And the heralds went out through all the circuit of Judea and the trumpet of the Lord sounded, and all ran.
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| Model of Jerusalem in the Late 2nd Temple Period. |
9 And Yosef, throwing away his axe, went out to meet them; and when they had assembled, they went away to the high priest, taking with them their rods. And he, taking the rods of all of them, entered into the temple, and prayed; and having ended his prayer, he took the rods and came out, and gave them to them: but there was no sign in them, and Yosef took his rod last; and, behold, a dove came out of the rod, and flew upon Yosef''s head. And the priest said to Yosef, Thou hast been chosen by lot to take into thy keeping the virgin of the Lord. But Yosef refused, saying: I have children, and I am an old man, and she is a young girl. I am afraid lest I become a laughing-stock to the sons of Yisra'el. And the priest said to Yosef: Fear the Lord thy God, and remember what the Lord did to Datan, and Aviram, and Korach; how the earth opened, and they were swallowed up on account of their contradiction. And now fear, O Yosef, lest the same things happen in thy house. And Yosef was afraid, and took her into his keeping. And Yosef said to Miryam: Behold, I have received thee from the temple of the Lord; and now I leave thee in my house, and go away to build my buildings, and I shall come to thee. The Lord will protect thee.
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| Adoration of the Trinity (or Landauer Altar) APBRECHT DURER Kunsthistorisches Museum, Vienna, Austria |
Veni, Veni, Emmanuel!
Captivum solve Israel!
Qui gemit in exilio,
Privatus Dei filio,
Gaude! Gaude! Emmanuel
Nascetur pro te, Israel!
Veni, O Jesse Virgula!
Ex hostis Tuos Ungula,
De specu Tuos Tartari
Educ, et antro barathri.
Gaude! Gaude! Emmanuel
Nascetur pro te, Israel!
Veni, Veni, O Oriens!
Solare nos adveniens,
Noctis depelle nebulas,
Dirasque noctis tenebras.
Gaude! Gaude! Emmanuel
Nascetur pro te, Israel!
Veni, Clavis Davidica!
Regna reclude coelica,
Fac iter tutum superum,
Et claude vias inferum.
Gaude! Gaude! Emmanuel
Nascetur pro te, Israel!
Veni, Veni, Adonai!
Quo populo in Sinai
Legem dedisti vertice
In majestate gloriae.
Gaude! Gaude! Emmanuel
Nascetur pro te, Israel!
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| Earthrise from Apollo 8 Christmas Eve, Dec. 24, 1968. http://www.nasa.gov/topics/history/features/apollo_8.html |
1. O Come, O come, Emmanuel,
And ransom captive Israel;
That mourns in lonely exile here.
Until the Son of God appear.
Rejoice ! Rejoice ! Emmanuel
Shall come to thee, O Israel!
*2. O come, thou Wisdom from on high,
Who ord'rest all things mightily;
To us the path of knowledge show,
And teach us in her ways to go.
Rejoice ! Rejoice ! Emmanuel
Shall come to thee, O Israel!
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| A 'Rose Made of Galaxies Imaged on Dec. 17, 2010, with Hubble's Wide Field Camera 3 (WFC3). http://www.nasa.gov/multimedia/imagegallery/iotd.html#1 |
Who to thy tribes, on Sinai's height,
In ancient times didst give the law,
In cloud, and majesty, and awe.
Rejoice ! Rejoice ! Emmanuel
Shall come to thee, O Israel!
Thine own from Satan's tyranny;
From depths of hell Thy people save.
And give them victory o'er the grave.
Rejoice ! Rejoice ! Emmanuel
Shall come to thee, O Israel! 5. O come, Thou Key of David, come
And open wide our heavenly home;
Make safe the way that leads on high.
And close the path to misery.
Rejoice ! Rejoice ! Emmanuel
Shall come to thee, O Israel!
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| Bending the Light http://www.nasa.gov/multimedia/imagegallery/iotd.html#54 |
6. O come, Thou Day-Spring, come and chear
Our spirits by Thine Advent here;
Disperse the gloomy clouds of night.
And death's dark shadows put to flight.
Rejoice ! Rejoice ! Emmanuel
Shall come to thee, O Israel!
*7. O come, Desire of nations, bind
In one the hearts of all mankind;
Bid thou our sad divisions cease,
And be thyself our King of Peace.
Rejoice ! Rejoice ! Emmanuel
Shall come to thee, O Israel!The "O" Antiphons from which the Hymn is taken, first in the original Latin, then two English translations, with the date as appointed in the Roman Breviary (vol. 1, p. 244):
Dec. 17:
O Sapientia, quae ex ore Altissimi prodisti attingens a fine usque ad finem, fortiter suaviterque disponens omnia: Veni ad docendum nos viam prudentiae.
O Wisdom, That comest out of the mouth of the Most High, That reachest fromone end to another, and dost mightily and sweetly order all things: come, to teach us the way of prudence!
O WISDOM, Who o're earth below,Dec. 18:
Forth from the Mouth of God didst flow,
Draw nigh and help us when we call,
And strongly, sweetly order all;
The path of prudence teach, that we
May dwell eternally with Thee.
O Adonai! et Dux domus Israel, qui Moysi in igne flammae rubi apparuisti, et ei in Sina legem dedisti, Vini ad redimendum nos in brachio intento.
O Adonai, and Ruler of the house of Israel, Who didst appear unto Moses in the burning bush, and gavest him the law in Sinai: come, to redeem us with an outstretched arm!
RULER and Lord, draw nigh, draw nigh!Dec. 19:
Who to Thy flock on Sinai
Didst give, of ancient times, Thy Law,
In cloud, and majesty, and awe.
Draw nigh, draw nigh, with us to dwell,
And save, O God, Thine Israel.
O Radix Jesse, Qui stas in signum populorum, super quem continebunt reges os suum, quem gentes depracabuntur, Veni ad redimendum nos, Jam noli tardare.
O Root of Jesse, Which standest for an ensign of the people, at Whom the kings shall shut their mouths, unto Whom the Gentiles shall seek; come, to deliver us, make no tarrying!
O ROD of Jesse's stem, arise,Dec. 20:
And save us from our enemies;
And set us free from Satan's chains,
And from the pit with all its pains.
Draw nigh, draw nigh, with us to dwell,
In haste to save Thine Israel.
O Clavis David, et sceptrum domus Israel! qui aperis et nemo claudit, claudis et nemo aperit, Veni et educ vinctum de domo carceris sedentem in tenebris et umbra noctis!
O Key of David, and Sceptre of the house of Israel; That openest, and no man shutteth; and shuttest, and no man openeth: cometo bring out the prisoners from the prison, and them that sit in darkness, and in the shadow of death!
KEY of the house of David, come!Dec. 21:
Reopen Thou our heavenly home;
Make save the way that we must go,
And close the paths that lead below.
Draw nigh, draw nigh, with us to dwell,
And save us, Lord, from sin and hell.
O Oriens! Splendor lucis aeternae, et Sol justitiae! Veni et illumina sedentes in tenebris et umbra noctis!
O Day-spring, Brightness of the everlasting Light, Sun of Righteousness, come, to give light to them that sit in darkness, and in the shadow of death!
O MORNING Star, arise, draw nigh,Dec. 22:
To give us comfort from on high;
Drive Thou away the gloov of night,
And pierce the clouds, and bring us light.
Draw nigh, draw nigh, with us to dwell,
In mercy save Thine Israel.
O Rex gentium, et desideratus earum, Lapisque angularis qui facis utraque unum: Veni, et salva hominem, quem de limo formasti.
O King of the Gentiles, yea, and Desire thereof, O Cornerstone that makest of twain one: come, to save man, whom Thou has made of the dust of the earth!
O THOU on Whom the Gentiles wait,Dec. 23:
Who midst the nations shalt be great,
Thy Church's chief and corner-stone,
Who in Thyself hast made all one;
Oh come and save, for Thine own sake,
Mankind whom Thou of dust didst make!
O Emmanuel! Rex et Legifer noster, Expectatio gentium, et desideratus earum, Veni ad salvandum nos, Domine Deus noster!
O Emmanuel, our King and our Law-giver, Longing of the Gentiles, yea, and Salvation thereof: come to save us, O Lord our God!
DRAW nigh, draw nigh, Immanuel!________________________
And loose Thy captive Israel,
That mourns in lonely exile here,
Until the Son of God appear.
Rejoice! rejoice! Immanuel
Comes now to thee, O Israel.
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