Joseph's Nativity Story

How could this be? Mary, my beloved, pregnant...

and not by me. My heart is heavy with confusion and sorrow.

But in a dream, an angel of the Lord appeared. 'Do not be

afraid, Joseph,' he said. 'The child is from the Holy Spirit.'

A decree from Caesar Augustus meant we had to travel to Bethlehem. Mary,

so close to giving birth, endured the long journey. Every inn,

every house, turned us away. There was no room, no place for

Mary to rest, to bring forth our child. In that humble stable,