Christus natus est! Christ is born!
But you, Bethlehem in Ephrathah,
as small as you are to be among Judah's clans,
out of you shall come for a governor for Israel,
one whose roots are far back in the past, in days gone by.
Therefore only so long as a woman is in labour shall he give up Israel;
and then those that survive of his race shall rejoin their brethren.
He shall appear and be their shepherd in the strength of the Lord,
in the majesty of the name of the Lord his God.
And they shall continue, for now his greatness shall reach the ends of the earth;
and he shall be a man of peace.
--Micah 5:2-5a (New English Bible).
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