Nativity Scene from Chile, St. Joseph's Oratory, Montreal And she gave birth to her firstborn son and wrapped him in bands of cloth and laid him in a manger, because there was no place in the guest room. Luke 2:7 This small nativity scene from the Nativity Museum at St. Joseph's Oratorio in Montreal includes only five characters. Most Nativity scenes include everyone connected to the Mary, Joseph, Jesus, an angel, shepherds, mage, sheep, donkey and cow. Three of these figur

Angel Visitation to Joseph, St. Joseph's Oratory of Mount Royal, Montreal But just when Joseph had resolved to (divorce Mary), an angel of the Lord appeared to him in a dream and said, "Joseph, son of David, do not be afraid to take Mary as your wife, for the child conceived in her is from the Holy Spirit." Matthew 1:20 St. Joseph's Oratory of Mount Royal in Montreal is a massive Church dedicated to Joseph, husband of Mary and protector of Jesus. An Oratory may refer to a s

The Visitation Domenico Ghirlandaio, 1491, The Louvre Paris In those days Mary set out and went with haste to a Judean town in the hill country, where she entered the house of Zechariah and greeted Elizabeth. When Elizabeth heard Mary's greeting, the child leaped in her womb. And Elizabeth was filled with the Holy Spirit and exclaimed with a loud cry, "Blessed are you among women, and blessed is the fruit of your womb. And why has this happened to me, the the mother of my Lor