Advent Day 22: Creatures of Our God and King

O great mystery
that animals should see
the newborn Lord
lying in their manger.
-Magnum Mysterium


Tradition says that not only humans shared in the glory of Christ's birth; animals, too, were present. Many Christian churches honor animals as part of God's creation.

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