“Don’t be afraid” [the angel assured the shepherds] “I bring you the most joyful news ever announced, and it is for everyone! The Savior – yes, the Messiah, the Lord – has been born tonight in Bethlehem!” — Luke 2:10-11, LB
“An Angel appears to the Shepherds,” from Goffine’s Devout Instructions on the Epistles and Gospels, ca. 1896. (Public domain.)
