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    Miracles of the Child Jesus Part I
    Miracles of the Child Jesus Part I
    Miracles of the Child Jesus Part I
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    Miracles of the Child Jesus Part I

    By Bob and Penny Lord

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    Devotion to the Child Jesus in Scripture
    The Child Jesus in the Holy Land
    Baby Jesus Brings Presents
    Infant of Prague - Czech Republic
    Santo Nino de Atocha - Spain and Mexico
    Divino Nino of Bogota - Colombia
    Santo Bambino in Aracoeli - Altar of Heaven - Italy
    Santo Bambino di Lama dei Peligni - Italy

    Each country calls the Baby Jesus by its own unique name. In many countries, the Baby is a local version of the Infant of Prague; in Italy Bambino Gesu or Santo Bambino; in Hispanic countries like Spain, Colombia, the Philippines, and Mexico the Baby is called Santo Niño or Divino Niño.

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherJourneys of Faith
    Release dateJun 14, 2011
    ISBN9781458006103
    Miracles of the Child Jesus Part I
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    Bob and Penny Lord

    Bob and Penny Lord renowned Catholic Authors and hosts on EWTN.They are best known for their media on Miracles of the Eucharist and Many Faces of Mary.They have been dubbed experts on the Catholic Saints.They produced over 200 television programs for EWTN global television network and wrote over 25 books and hundreds of ebooks.

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      Miracles of the Child Jesus Part I - Bob and Penny Lord

      When God wants something done...

      Hello, Family, and welcome. We're so excited about this book. We know we've said that before, but you are in for a journey which the Lord has had us going on for over 25 years. Sometimes, God's Will is so obvious, if we're not careful, we miss it altogether. Maybe because it's right there in front of our noses, we don't see it. We're so busy looking out there, somewhere, for the big picture, we neglect what's right here.

      A perfect case in point is the way the Lord has been putting Miracles of the Child Jesus in front of us. As we have journeyed through the lives of the Saints, we've found great devotion to the Child Jesus. Each Saint has had a particular devotion to the Child Jesus. In Europe, especially Italy, there is hardly a Monastery or Convent where you will not find a statue of the Infant Jesus or the Child Jesus. As we have traveled throughout the world, visiting the Shrines of the Saints, we have seen glass display cases upon display cases housing resplendently dressed statues of the Baby Jesus or the Child Jesus. And in many of these shrines, there is a history of how the Child Jesus appeared to this Saint, or was held in the arms of that Saint, or cured a famine, and on and on. And yet it never occurred to us that the Lord wanted us to write about Miracles of the Child Jesus.

      Each country calls the Baby Jesus by its own unique name. In many countries, the Baby is a local version of the Infant of Prague; in Italy Bambino Gesu or Santo Bambino; in Hispanic countries like Spain, Colombia, the Philippines, and Mexico the Baby is called Santo Niño or Divino Niño.

      I recall from my own childhood, my paternal grandmother giving my parents such a statue in a beautifully ornamented glass case. It was a great honor. She would make the most beautiful gowns for the Child Jesus. I didn't know the significance of the changing of the outfits, at the time. Visiting friends' homes in Italy was like a flashback to my childhood. It just brought all these traditions back. In almost every home we have visited, there was invariably such a statue grandly attired, in a glass enclosed case, proudly displayed for all to see and venerate.

      Our first encounter with the Infant of Prague was when we first came back to the Church. Hungry to know anything and everything we could about our Faith, we routinely gravitated toward Catholic Book and Gift Shops. And it was like a magical wonderland, what with all the beautiful statues and paintings of Jesus and Mary, prayer cards of the Angels and the Saints. The store owners were so happy to see us. We would buy the store out if we could. This one day, we spotted a regal statue of the Child Jesus, elegantly dressed in a beautiful gown, wearing a golden crown. Without asking the store owner the story of the statue, we bought it and brought it to its new home. It has always occupied a place of honor in our home, but we didn't know why, other than it was an image of the Child Jesus, the Infant of Prague. It was not till years later that we discovered the significance of the statue.

      We were told its title, but little else. Then in our next sojourn to a Catholic Shop, we spotted dresses in various colors. Now we asked why the different colors and discovered the different outfits were for the different liturgical seasons in the Church Calendar. Oh, we had to have those. So, we began dressing our statue, and that was that. We didn't know anything else, but that we should change the clothes to conform with the different liturgical seasons and so we did - blindly.

      Then one day one of our Priest sons, whom we spiritually adopted, came into our chapel in Louisiana and upon seeing the statue commented, Oh, I see you have the Infant of Prague. I guess you know that as long as you give a place of honor to the Infant of Prague, you will want for nothing. Our mouths dropped. We hadn't known anything about the promise, as we didn't know the story of the Infant of Prague. We just knew this was Jesus as a Child, and we honored Him because we loved Him. Again we didn't ask our priest where that tradition came from. We just kept on doing what we were doing - loving the Child Jesus. We still have that same statue of the Infant of Prague in our chapel, now in Morrilton, Arkansas, in a prominent place, with the beautiful outfits being changed with each liturgical season.

      However, we did walk around with a little smile on our faces. We would never want for anything. That sounds pretty good. Of course, we interpreted it somewhat differently than it may have meant to be translated. We thought we would never have any financial problems. The promise was, You will want for nothing. Not necessarily, You're gonna have a big Cadillac Car, but you'll have a means of transportation. You see the difference?

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      Then one day, we told Mother Angelica that we were going to Mexico and asked what she would like us to bring back. She became really excited, and replied, she would like a statue of Santo Niño de Atocha. Again, knowing little or nothing about this statue or its story, we said Yes! In Mexico City, we went to this grand store in the Zócalo (near the Cathedral), which carried some of the most beautiful statues we have ever seen. Sure enough, they had not one Santo Niño de Atocha but two such statues. And when we asked the significance of the statue, we were told it was of the Child Jesus. Only this statue was quite different from the Infant of Prague, at our home, in that the Child Jesus was sitting, not standing; He was wearing a hat with plumes, not a golden crown; and He was not holding a globe of the world (as the Infant of Prague did); He was holding a basket in one Hand and a flask in the other. We chose the most beautiful statue and had it carefully wrapped. You can be assured we did not let that statue out of our sight.

      When we arrived in the United States, we brought it directly to Mother Angelica. After carefully unwrapping it, she took the statue in her arms and began to rock the image of the Child Jesus called Santo Niño de Atocha. That night, when she went on the Mother Angelica Live show, there was the Santo Niño de Atocha, at the table right next to her chair. First, she introduced Santo Niño to the audience, both live and television audience. Then, during the program, from time to time, she would pick up the statue and rock with it. Then, after the program, we went into her office, and she shared with us the story of Santo Niño de Atocha.(Another Chapter)

      Needless to say, the next December when we visited the Shrine of Our Lady of Guadalupe for her Feast Day, we went back to that store and bought a Santo Niño for ourselves (not quite as beautiful as Mother's but we love Him).

      As we have so often said, When the Lord wants something done... What else should happen in our walk towards the Child Jesus, but Mother Angelica brings Divino Niño of Bogota, Colombia into our lives.(Read about this in another chapter) All of a sudden, it became clear the Lord wanted us to write about devotion to the Child Jesus and the Miracles that have taken place through His intercession.

      The Lord got through to us, much in the same way that He put in our paths His desire for us to share Miracles of the Cross. Everywhere we turned, we were exposed to something which had to do with Miracles of the Cross, a Miracle, a Saint, the Origin of the True Cross and on and on. Now, having finished that book, and being in the middle of producing a television series on Miracles of the Cross, we find we are being led in the direction of the Holy Child Jesus.

      A great deal of what we write in this book pertains to the veneration of statues of the Child Jesus. Let us begin by making clear Church Teaching regarding the veneration of statues. To quote from The Catholic Catechism by Fr. John Hardon:

      "One feature of Catholic piety that reflects the most ancient practice of the Church is the veneration of the Angels and Saints, and the cultus of their statues and images. This, too, has been challenged more than once and correspondingly defended by the Church's authoritative teaching.

      ....the Council of Nicea II defined the Catholic doctrine by stating that the veneration of images of 'Our Lord God and Savior Jesus Christ, of our unstained Lady the Holy Mother of God, of the honorable Angels, of all the Saints and saintly persons' is not only pleasing to God but highly commendable to the practice of the faithful. By such veneration the people are more readily inspired to preserve the memory of the ancients and desire to be like them.

      In a world where babies are being murdered in their mothers' wombs and it is no longer convenient to have large families, the Child Jesus wants to bring forth the universal truth that a baby is God's promise that life will continue on earth.(cf Carl Sandburg) And through the mysterious miracle of childbirth, God perpetuates His ongoing promise of life on earth. Two thousand years ago, a Baby was born and God fulfilled His Promise of not only life on earth, but eternal life. I think if there was a statue of the Blessed Mother holding the Baby Jesus in Her arms, in every abortion clinic, we would not have to demonstrate; the truth before their eyes would stop misguided mothers from aborting their unborn babies.

      We grieve for those young girls and women who find themselves in the position of being pregnant, outside of the Sacrament of Matrimony. I am sure it is not easy for unmarried girls, with uncertain futures, to bravely bring their unborn babies into the world. Or equally as difficult, for women who may have children, and are married, to bring another child into the world, another mouth to feed, another life to be responsible for. But turn to Mother Mary. She was in a frightful predicament in the

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