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The Nativity Scene Opens Our Hearts to the Mystery of Life

By Fr. Shenan J. Boquet / December 20, 2013 /
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Tradition teaches that Saint Francis of Assisi set up the first Nativity scene in order to inspire and encourage a greater appreciation of the wonders of the first Christmas. The year was 1223, and Francis created the scene in a cave outside Greccio, Italy featuring a wax figure of the infant Jesus and a man…

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