%2525252522On Christmas Eve%252525252C let%25252525E2%2525252580%2525252599s look to the ancestral ties Jesus leaves with us on earth by focusing on his mother and her courage and vulnerability%25252525E2%2525252580%2525252594a woman who needed postpartum care%252525252C a good meal%252525252C compassionate partners%252525252C and rest. When we remember the birth of Jesus%252525252C let us also remember Mary as mother%252525252C our hearts full of gratitude.%2525252522 %25252525E2%2525252580%2525252594 Dr. Christine J. Hong Commentary on Luke 2%252525253A1-20 for %2525252540sanctifiedart