The story of Angela and the Baby Jesus, by Frank McCourt, is a heart-touching, modern Nativity Story about a six-year old Irish girl, Angela, who thinks that the baby Jesus must be freezing in the Christmas crib, in church.
She decides to steal him from the crib, and take him through the dark, damp and deeply-cold streets of Dublin, back to her bed, to make Him warm.
Angela gets into trouble with the authorities of course, in the form of her father, the policeman, and the priest, who have little sympathy for Angela's good intentions.
Perhaps they needed a little more understanding, patience, kindness, gentleness, forgiveness, joy and love; all those things that make up the Spirit of Christmas.
In this Christmas season of 2007, and since this is a discussion site about modern technology in business; its people, organisation and management issues, it seems fitting to include this brief reference to a modern Nativity Story.
May the Spirit of Christmas be with us all this Christmas
and in the coming year.
Feliz Navidad; Happy Christmas.
Friday 21 December 2007
Angela & the Baby Jesus
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1 comment:
I totally agree, all the little girl needed was a gentle explanation. Shame on her father, the policeman and especially the priest.
Carmel Baconbrcekx
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