{"id":93647,"date":"2021-12-23T17:56:40","date_gmt":"2021-12-24T00:56:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/danpeterson\/?p=93647"},"modified":"2021-12-23T22:07:33","modified_gmt":"2021-12-24T05:07:33","slug":"for-the-season","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/danpeterson\/2021\/12\/for-the-season.html","title":{"rendered":"For the season"},"content":{"rendered":"<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC \"-\/\/W3C\/\/DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional\/\/EN\" \"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/TR\/REC-html40\/loose.dtd\">\n<html><head><meta http-equiv=\"content-type\" content=\"text\/html; charset=utf-8\"><meta http-equiv=\"content-type\" content=\"text\/html; charset=utf-8\"><\/head><body><p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_38260\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-38260\" style=\"width: 597px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/wp-media.patheos.com\/blogs\/sites\/186\/2016\/11\/La_Vierge_au_lys.jpg\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" wp-image-38260\" src=\"https:\/\/wp-media.patheos.com\/blogs\/sites\/186\/2016\/11\/La_Vierge_au_lys-699x1024.jpg\" alt=\"A French academic painting of the Madonna and Child\" width=\"597\" height=\"875\"><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-38260\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">\u201cThe Virgin of the Lilies\u201d (La Vierge au lys [1899]), by William-Adolphe Bouguereau<br>(Wikimedia Commons public domain image)<br>Having been chosen for the absolutely unique role of earthly mother of the Son of God, Mary deserves our utmost respect and honor.\u00a0 I also suspect, though, that the veneration of the Virgin Mary reflects a dimly perceived ancient theological truth.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><strong><span style=\"color: #963d02;\">***<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p id=\"p10\" class=\"verse\" data-aid=\"128354147\"><span style=\"color: #963d02;\">And behold, he shall be born of Mary, at Jerusalem which is the land of our forefathers, she being a virgin, a precious and chosen vessel, who shall be overshadowed and conceive\u00a0by the power of the Holy Ghost, and bring forth a son, yea, even the Son of God.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"verse\" data-aid=\"128354147\"><span style=\"color: #963d02;\"><button class=\"iconPointerButton-Z_d47\"><\/button>And he shall go forth, suffering pains and afflictions and temptations of every kind; and this that the word might be fulfilled which saith he will take upon\u00a0him the pains and the sicknesses of his people.<\/span><\/p>\n<p id=\"p12\" class=\"verse\" data-aid=\"128354149\"><span style=\"color: #963d02;\">And he will take upon him death, that he may loose the bands of death which bind his people; and he will take upon him their infirmities, that his bowels may be filled with mercy, according to the flesh, that he may know according to the flesh how to succor his people according to their infirmities.<\/span><\/p>\n<p data-aid=\"128354149\"><span style=\"color: #963d02;\">Now the Spirit knoweth all things; nevertheless the Son of God suffereth according to the flesh that he might take upon him the sins of his people, that he might blot out their transgressions according to the power of his deliverance; and now behold, this is the testimony which is in me.\u00a0 (Alma 7:10-13)<\/span><\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><strong><span style=\"color: #963d02;\">***<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Since relatively soon after the establishment of the Interpreter Foundation and the launch of <em>Interpreter: A Journal of Latter-day Saint Faith and Scholarship<\/em> in August of 2012, it has been our practice to publish invited essays of a more devotional character on the Fridays closest to Christmas and Easter.\u00a0 Here are the Christmas essays that have been published to date:<\/p>\n<div class=\"\">\n<div class=\"\"><span class=\"\">\u00a0<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"\">\n<div class=\"\"><span class=\"\">\u00a0<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"\">\n<div class=\"\">\n<div class=\"\"><span class=\"\">Orson Scott Card wrote our first, for Christmas 2014:<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"\">\n<div class=\"\"><span class=\"\"><a class=\" decorated-link\" href=\"http:\/\/www.mormoninterpreter.com\/christmas-is-about-a-baby\/#more-6417\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">http:\/\/www.mormoninterpreter.com\/christmas-is-about-a-baby\/#more-6417<\/a><\/span><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"\">\n<div class=\"\"><span class=\"\">The late Clayton Christensen wrote our Christmas message for 2015:<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"\">\n<div class=\"\"><span class=\"\"><a class=\" decorated-link\" href=\"http:\/\/www.mormoninterpreter.com\/he-did-it-a-christmas-message\/#more-7981\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">http:\/\/www.mormoninterpreter.com\/he-did-it-a-christmas-message\/#more-7981<\/a><\/span><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"\">\n<div class=\"\"><span class=\"\">Sharon Eubank wrote the Christmas message for 2016:<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><a href=\"https:\/\/journal.interpreterfoundation.org\/the-song-i-cannot-sing\/\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">https:\/\/journal.interpreterfoundation.org\/the-song-i-cannot-sing\/<\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"\">\n<div class=\"\">\n<div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"\">\n<div class=\"\"><span class=\"\">Our Christmas 2017 essay came from Jenny Oaks Baker:<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><a href=\"https:\/\/journal.interpreterfoundation.org\/christmastime-when-our-souls-can-sing\/\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">https:\/\/journal.interpreterfoundation.org\/christmastime-when-our-souls-can-sing\/<\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"\">\n<div class=\"\">\n<div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"\">\n<div class=\"\"><span class=\"\">Elder Spencer J. Condie provided the 2018 Christmas piece:<\/span><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"\">\n<div class=\"\"><span class=\"\"><a class=\" decorated-link\" href=\"https:\/\/journal.interpreterfoundation.org\/christmas-in-transition-from-figgy-pudding-to-the-bread-of-life\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">https:\/\/journal.interpreterfoundation.org\/christmas-in-transition-from-figgy-pudding-to-the-bread-of-life<\/a>\/<\/span><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"\">\n<div class=\"\"><span class=\"\">The Christmas essay for 2019 came from Kristine Wardle Frederickson:<\/span><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"\">\n<div class=\"\"><span class=\"\"><a class=\" decorated-link\" href=\"https:\/\/journal.interpreterfoundation.org\/musings-on-the-birth-of-the-savior-jesus-christ\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">https:\/\/journal.interpreterfoundation.org\/musings-on-the-birth-of-the-savior-jesus-christ\/<\/a><\/span><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"\">\n<div class=\"\"><span class=\"\">Cherry Bushman Silver contributed the 2020 Christmas essay:<\/span><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div class=\"\"><span class=\"\"><a class=\" decorated-link\" href=\"https:\/\/journal.interpreterfoundation.org\/christmas-as-devotional-a-time-of-commitment\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">https:\/\/journal.interpreterfoundation.org\/christmas-as-devotional-a-time-of-commitment\/<\/a><\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>I hope that you\u2019ll take a look at one or two of them.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Whether you do or don\u2019t, though, I want to wish you a very merry Christmas and a wonderful 2022.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: right;\">Posted from Williamsburg, Virginia<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<\/body><\/html>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u00a0 \u00a0 *** \u00a0 And behold, he shall be born of Mary, at Jerusalem which is the land of our forefathers, she being a virgin, a precious and chosen vessel, who shall be overshadowed and conceive\u00a0by the power of the Holy Ghost, and bring forth a son, yea, even the Son of God. 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