Its the Christmas season and I've been thinking about the Christmas story, and specifically about all those angels appearing to some shepherds to announce the birth of Jesus. What an awesome experience that must have been! Out of all the people on earth, why did God choose to tell some poor shepherds? They smelled like sheep, they were unshaven, dirty, and wearing their work clothes, yet these shepherds of Judea were the only guests invited by angels to come and worship the newborn savior of the world. One of the lessons I learn from this story is that God loves poor people.
The story I'm referring to is in the gospel of Luke, chapter 2, verses 8 to 18.
I have a keen interest in all things medieval, including medieval art. This painting titled Adoration of the Shepherds, is by the Italian painter Antonio da Correggio, dated 1530.
