{"id":10448,"date":"2020-12-25T01:21:13","date_gmt":"2020-12-25T07:21:13","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.scquest.org\/?p=10448"},"modified":"2020-12-25T01:21:13","modified_gmt":"2020-12-25T07:21:13","slug":"merry-christmas-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.scquest.org\/?p=10448","title":{"rendered":"Merry Christmas"},"content":{"rendered":"\n\n<p>Today we hear and proclaim with the angel:<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\"><strong>\u201cFear not, for behold, I bring you good news of great joy that will be for all the people. For unto you is born this day in the city of David a Savior, who is Christ the Lord. And this will be a sign for you: you will find a baby wrapped in swaddling cloths and lying in a manger.\u201d <\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\"><strong>(Luke 2:10\u201312)<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"584\" height=\"438\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/scquest.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/img_7346.jpg?resize=584%2C438\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-10435\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/scquest.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/img_7346-scaled.jpg?resize=1024%2C768&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/scquest.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/img_7346-scaled.jpg?resize=300%2C225&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/scquest.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/img_7346-scaled.jpg?resize=768%2C576&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/scquest.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/img_7346-scaled.jpg?resize=1536%2C1152&amp;ssl=1 1536w, 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