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last Friday was spent preparing the winter stables.
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Jersey bull Joe was the first in
he was segregated into Nazareth stable away from the cows.
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The donkey to the left is Gloria,
named after the Gloria in excelsis Deo
first sung by the angels on Christmas night.
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(Isaias Ch. 1)
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Frosty wind made moan.
Earth stood hard as iron,
Water like a stone;
Snow had fallen, snow on snow,
Snow on snow,
In the bleak mid-winter,
Long ago...
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them also I must bring, and they shall hear my voice,
and there shall be one fold and one shepherd.
(Jn. 10:16)
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What can I bring Him poor as I am?
If I were a shepherd I would bring a lamb...
If I were a shepherd I would bring a lamb...