{"id":56,"date":"2017-03-15T22:35:35","date_gmt":"2017-03-15T22:35:35","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.march25th.org\/?p=56"},"modified":"2017-03-15T22:35:35","modified_gmt":"2017-03-15T22:35:35","slug":"november-25th-8th-month","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.march25th.org\/index.php\/2017\/03\/15\/november-25th-8th-month\/","title":{"rendered":"November 25th &#8211; 8th Month"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"paragraph_style_1\">MONTH 8<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph_style_2\"><span class=\"style_1\">BIOLOGICAL REFLECTION<\/span> &#8211; <span class=\"style_2\" lang=\"--multilingual\" xml:lang=\"--multilingual\">Month Eight\u00a0 &#8211; With one month to go, Little Jesus weighs nearly six pounds now.\u00a0 Like a newborn, His eyes are open when awake and closed when asleep.\u00a0 His brain continues rapid growth, increasing the size of his head nearly an inch.\u00a0 As fat accumulates, his skin color becomes less red and more pinkish.\u00a0 All five senses are functional.\u00a0 Toenails are completely formed.\u00a0 His hair continues to grow.\u00a0 His mother Mary\u2019s tummy is quite large now! As the time of birth nears, her heart must be swelling with great anticipation of seeing His holy little face. As Little Jesus enters a rapid growth spurt, Mary\u2019s appetite will increase.\u00a0 Meanwhile, Joseph and grandparents Anne and Joachim wait with infinite joy, as choirs of angels surround Mother and Child with love and glorious hymns.<\/span><span class=\"style_3\" lang=\"--multilingual\" xml:lang=\"--multilingual\"><br \/>\n<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph_style_3\"><span class=\"style_5\">THEOLOGICAL REFLECTION<\/span><span class=\"style_4\"> \u2013 <\/span><span class=\"style_6\" lang=\"--multilingual\" xml:lang=\"--multilingual\">Month Eight:\u00a0 On this Via Gaudete we encounter our tiny God, Emmanuel.\u00a0 We ponder the mystery of the hidden Christ, present and dwelling in the tabernacle of Mary\u2019s virginal womb. We see Him with our hearts and our senses, in faith and in reasoning. Yet, in our humanity we long for the visible Christ, the omnipotent and omnipresent God who deigned to incarnate and become man.\u00a0 In faith, love, and humble gratitude, then, let us enter the holy season of Advent with wide eyes and child-like anticipation of the glorious birth of our Messiah: the Son of God, our Lord Jesus Christ, King of the Universe.<br \/>\n<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph_style_4\"><span class=\"style_7\">Mary, Mother of the Life Within, pray for us!<br \/>\n<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph_style_4\"><span class=\"style_7\">Heart of Mercy in the Virgin\u2019s Womb, we trust in you!<br \/>\n<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph_style_4\"><span class=\"style_7\">May the Heart of God in the Virgin\u2019s Womb<br \/>\n<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph_style_4\"><span class=\"style_7\">Be praised, adored, and loved<br \/>\n<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph_style_4\"><span class=\"style_7\">With grateful affection,<br \/>\n<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph_style_4\"><span class=\"style_7\">By every heart,<br \/>\n<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph_style_4\"><span class=\"style_7\">Always and everywhere,<br \/>\n<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph_style_4\"><span class=\"style_7\">For the glory of God the Father,<br \/>\n<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph_style_4\"><span class=\"style_7\">In the power of the Holy Spirit,<br \/>\n<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph_style_4\"><span class=\"style_7\">With Mother Mary.\u00a0 Amen!<br \/>\n<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph_style_2\">2012 Ellen Marie Edmonds.\u00a0 For reprint permission, contact <a title=\"mailto:ellen@EmbracingDementia.com\" href=\"mailto:ellen@EmbracingDementia.com\">ellen@EmbracingDementia.com<\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph_style_2\">For more information, visit <a title=\"http:\/\/www.March25th.org\" href=\"http:\/\/www.March25th.org\">www.March25th.org<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>MONTH 8 BIOLOGICAL REFLECTION &#8211; Month Eight\u00a0 &#8211; With one month to go, Little Jesus weighs nearly six pounds now.\u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.march25th.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/56"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.march25th.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.march25th.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.march25th.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.march25th.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=56"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.march25th.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/56\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":57,"href":"https:\/\/www.march25th.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/56\/revisions\/57"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.march25th.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=56"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.march25th.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=56"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.march25th.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=56"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}