This document provides a silent lesson about Jesus Christ's birth and the feelings we had witnessing this event. It encourages reflection on who we are in relation to the Savior and believing as Mary did. The lesson includes reading about the angel Gabriel's message to Mary and her response of belief and acceptance. Participants are invited to have Mary's example of faith be part of their lives. The document testifies of Jesus Christ and our knowledge of His living reality.

1. Welcome to our
Please No Talking
The purpose in presenting this in silence is to
help you feel the spirit in different ways.
You will be reading, writing, listening and
watching. Each of you have been given a paper
and pencil. This will be used to write your
answers as well as any thoughts or feelings you
may have throughout the lesson.

2. Two thousand and twelve years ago every one of us peered out over
the veil of time and distance and watched with wonder as the birth of
our Savior, our older brother, took place. What a glorious occasion
that must have been! I’m sure we laughed, we cried, we celebrated.
This was the moment we had waited for! This was the part of our
Father’s plan most precious and Holy! So glorious was this moment
that we spontaneously joined our voices together and began to sing! A
sublime chorus of notes and voices blended together to create one of
the sweetest sounds ever to come from the Heavens! So great was our
joy and our celebrating that the sounds could be heard even to the ends
of the earth.

3. Angels We Have Heard On High

4. How does it make you feel knowing you were so
excited that you shouted for joy, and believed when
Jesus Christ was born?
Do you know who you are in relation to our Savior
Jesus Christ? Who?
When you are finished put your pen on your lap and
listen to the words of the song.

5. Darkness fell o'er Bethlehem at last
And hastened weary travelers to their rest When darkness falls and night besets my soul
The empty streets all silent, Her gentle song still sings of brighter hope
All silent was the night Above the voice of sorrow
All silent 'neath the star of stars aglow with Beyond all bitter tears
heaven's light Echoes of that lullaby linger through the years
Then Mary sang her lullaby of love When Mary sang her lullaby of love
And cradled in her arms the Holy Child And cradled in her arms the Holy Child
In that poor and lowly place In that poor and lowly place
Hallowed by his grace Hallowed by his grace
'twas a lullaby to comfort all the world 'twas a lullaby to comfort all the world
Darkness fell o'er shepherds in the fields
Till heaven's joyful tidings were revealed
The angels' song of glory
Re-echoed o'er the plains
While in a stable, soft and low, a sweeter song
remained
For Mary sang her lullaby of love
And cradled in her arms the Holy Child
In that poor and lowly place
Hallowed by his grace
'twas a lullaby to comfort all the world

6. Open your scriptures and read Luke 1:26-35
(Holy Bible Page 1273)
“….Fear Not, Mary: for thou hast found favour with God. Thou shalt bring forth a son, and shalt call his name JESUS.”
Do you think Mary understood all that the Angel Gabriel told her?

7. Read Luke 1:38
What was her response?

8. When the Angel Gabriel appeared to Mary and told her she would bring
forth a son, she did not ask, "Why me?" she did not argue. She did not
doubt. She did not hesitate.
Mary believed that it would happen!
How can you take Mary’s example and make it a part of your life?

9. Watch now as we go back in time and experience
what it might have been like when Jesus was
born.
The Nativity

10. There in the sheltered warmth of a cave, beneath the limestone
hills of Bethlehem, Jesus was born and cradled in a manger.
He left his Holy station; he left all the Glory and Majesty to
enter the body of an infant.

11. The birth of Christ IS TRUE!
Mary believed it would happen.
Shepherds believed that it did indeed happen.
Do you believe as they did?

12. President Hinckley said that because of our “certain knowledge
of His living reality, we, of all people can sing: Joy to the world,
the Lord is come. Let earth receive her King! Let ev’ry heart,
prepare him room, and saints and angels sing. We honor Him, we
worship Him, we love Him as our redeemer, The Great Jehovah
of the Old Testament, the Messiah of the New Testament. The
entire thrust of the testimony of the Book of Mormon and
Doctrine & Covenants declares our living Lord before whom we
kneel in humility and faith. It is proper during this season when
we commemorate His birth that we remember the Lord Jesus
Christ in reverence and with love. He has done for us what we
could not do for ourselves. He has brought meaning to our
mortal existence. He has given us the gift of eternal life. He was
and is the Son of God, who “was made flesh and dwelt among
us” (John 1:14). There would be no Christmas if there had not
been an Easter. The babe Jesus of Bethlehem would be but
another baby, without the redeeming Christ of Gethsemane and
Calvary, and the triumphant fact of the Resurrection”

13. We, as your Young Women leaders, echo the testimony of our
beloved prophet President Hinckley “of the Lord Jesus Christ,
the Son of the Eternal, Living God. None so great has ever
walked the earth. None other has made a comparable sacrifice
or granted a comparable blessing. He is the Savior and the
Redeemer of the world. (We) believe in Him. (We) declare
His divinity without equivocation or compromise. (We) love
Him. (We) speak His name in reverence and wonder. (We)
worship Him as (we) worship the Father, in spirit and in truth.
(We) thank Him and kneel before His beloved Son, who
reached out so long ago and said to each of us “come unto me,
all ye that labour and are heavy laden and I will give you rest.”
(Matt. 11:28)
Please watch this video about our Savior and then take a few
minutes to write down your feelings about our Savior, the
Redeemer of the world!

14. I know that my Redeemer lives