%252525252522On Christmas Eve%25252525252C let%2525252525E2%252525252580%252525252599s look to the ancestral ties Jesus leaves with us on earth by focusing on his mother and her courage and vulnerability%2525252525E2%252525252580%252525252594a woman who needed postpartum care%25252525252C a good meal%25252525252C compassionate partners%25252525252C and rest. When we remember the birth of Jesus%25252525252C let us also remember Mary as mother%25252525252C our hearts full of gratitude.%252525252522 %2525252525E2%252525252580%252525252594 Dr. Christine J. Hong Commentary on Luke 2%25252525253A1-20 for %252525252540sanctifiedart