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t cost Mary and Joseph the comforts the massacre of their babies
of home during a long period of exile by the cruel order of Herod.
Iin Egypt to protect the little Babe. It cost the shepherds the
It cost mothers in and around Bethlehem complacency of their shep-
herds’ life, with the call to the
manger and to tell the good
news.
It cost the wise men a long
journey and expensive gifts
and changed lives.
It cost the early apostles and
the early Church persecution
and sometimes death.
It cost missionaries of Christ untold
suffering and privation to spread the
Good News.
It cost Christian martyrs in all ages their
lives for Christ's sake.
More than all this, it cost God the Father
His own Son - He sent Him to the earth to
save men.
It cost Jesus a life of sacrifice and service,
a death cruel and unmatched in history.
