Thursday, December 24, 2020

Merry Christmas O Bethlehem

 

Bethlehem, O Bethlehem, you have seen and heard so much!  O House of Bread, Merry Christmas!  I visited Bethlehem in 2018 to spend some time in the West Bank, visit its people, and become acquainted with its surroundings.  Within walking distance from the Church of the Nativity is the Holy Family Hospital of Bethlehem that is a “state-of-the-art maternity and neonatal critical care center.”  Even amidst the COVID-19 crisis, the hospital, doctors, nurses, and staff continue to provide care to mothers and their babies.  I wanted to honor that portion of the Holy Land with a few pictures of my own and a picture of a nurse with a newborn baby at the Hospital of the Holy Family in Bethlehem.      






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