%25252522On Christmas Eve%2525252C let%252525E2%25252580%25252599s look to the ancestral ties Jesus leaves with us on earth by focusing on his mother and her courage and vulnerability%252525E2%25252580%25252594a woman who needed postpartum care%2525252C a good meal%2525252C compassionate partners%2525252C and rest. When we remember the birth of Jesus%2525252C let us also remember Mary as mother%2525252C our hearts full of gratitude.%25252522 %252525E2%25252580%25252594 Dr. Christine J. Hong Commentary on Luke 2%2525253A1-20 for %25252540sanctifiedart