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It is also said in the Gospel about the shepherds that they were in the field and kept the night watch over their flock (Luke 2:8). At midnight the shepherds kept vigil, and when Christ was born, Angels appeared to them and before them in the air they praised the Lord: Glory to God in the highest, and on earth peace, good will toward men (Luke 2:14). The Angels could not praise the Lord before those sleeping and drowsy (2, part 2, p. 23).
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