Pro-Life MP Gives 'Beautiful' Christmas Message in Canada's House of Commons Recounting Jesus' Birth

Anthony Murdoch : Dec 17, 2024
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"No matter how ordinary they feel, and no matter how stacked the odds may be against them, and how many times they may feel overlooked by society and forgotten by governments, there's someone who still knows their name and still recognizes them. And that's what the story of Christmas is all about, that we're not alone..." -MP Richard Bragdon

(Ottawa, Ontario) — [LifeSiteNews.com] A Canadian pro-life Conservative MP used his time in the House of Commons to share the Nativity story of Jesus' birth with his fellow parliamentarians in a beautiful and poignant manner. He reminded his fellow MPs, using references to current hardships being faced by Canadians, that Christ came to save "everyone on every side of the House," regardless of one's "partisanship." (Image: via LifeSiteNews /YouTube)

"How does Christmas relate to what we're talking about (in the House of Commons)?" asked Conservative Party of Canada MP Richard Bragdon in his pro-Christmas and pro-Christian speech on Friday afternoon. 

Bragdon recalled how, when Jesus was born, the "hard times" He and His family faced were not dissimilar to today.

"Oh, it does, because on that very first Christmas, the first Noel, it is written that it came at a time of taxation. It was a heavy, burdensome time of taxation, and therefore they had to do a census to find out exactly what the population was in that region so they could collect more taxes," he said.

Bragdon noted how, as it was then in Christ's time, it is in many ways today in Prime Minister Justin Trudeau's Canada, noting how Canadians find themselves in "uncertain times and under the weight of great taxation."

He said, however, that the "timeless" Christmas event allows for Canadians to "draw hope from" it... Subscribe for free to Breaking Christian News here

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