Gospel

Luke 2:16-21

16 So they came hurriedly, and found Mary and Joseph, and the baby lying in the feeding trough.

17 On seeing him, they related what they had been told about the child;

18 and all were astonished on hearing the shepherds. 

19 As for Mary, she treasured all these words, and pondered them in her heart.

20 The shepherds then returned, giving glory and praise to God for all they had heard and seen, just as the angels had told them.

21 On the eighth day, the circumcision of the baby had to be performed; he was named Jesus, the name the angel had given him before he was conceived.