ON THE MORROW

"....On the morrow come I into the world..."

3 Nephi 1:3

KISSING THE FACE OF GOD

"Angels and archangels may have gathered there;

Cherubim and seraphim thronged the air,

but only His mother in her maiden bliss,

Worshipped the Beloved with a kiss."

- Christina Rosetti

Painting: "Kissing the Face of God" by Morgan Weistling

TO THIS END WAS I BORN

"To this end was I born....." (John 8:37)

to preach good tidings unto the meek;

to bind up the brokenhearted;

to proclaim liberty to the captives;

to comfort all that mourn;

to give unto them [in Zion] beauty for ashes;

the oil of joy for mourning;

the garment of praise for the spirit of heaviness......

- Isaiah 61:1-3

TO EARTH HE CAME

"To earth he came, my soul to save,

From sin and death and from the grave."

- Bruce R. McConkie

"Mortal Messiah Book 1" p. 339

IS ANYTHING TOO HARD FOR THE LORD

"Is anything too hard for the Lord?"

- Genesis 18:14

DIVINE PRESENCE

"......And behold,

thou shalt conceive in thy womb, 

and bring forth a son.....

and he shall be called the Son of the Highest...

and of his kingdom there shall be no end."

One who stands in the Divine Presence
has brought the great announcement
to the one who will hold the Divine Presence
in her bosom.

- Bruce R. McConkie
"The Mortal Messiah Book 1" p 318-9

TO LIGHTEN THE BURDEN OF ANOTHER

"No one is useless in this world

who lightens the burden of another."

- Charles Dickens, 

"The Man Who Invented Christmas"