PASTORELA

INTRODUCTION

NARRATOR:

IN THE BEGINNING EVERYTHING WAS DARKNESS, AND GOD SEPARATED LIGHT FROM DARKNESS, HE CREATED THE
UNIVERSE AND ALL THAT EXISTS IN IT, GOD CREATED MAN IN HIS IMAGE AND LIKENESS, AND
HE PUT IT ABOVE ALL LIVING BEINGS.

THE MAN HAD EVERYTHING TO BE HAPPY. HOWEVER, ONE DAY HE WAS TEMPTED BY EVIL AND
BREAK YOUR FRIENDSHIP WITH GOD.

BUT NOT EVERYTHING WAS LOST... THERE WAS STILL A HOPE. GOD IN HIS INFINITE
MERCY PROMISES A SAVIOR TO HUMANITY.

FROM THE DESCENDANCE OF THE WOMAN WILL COME A HOLY AND PURE VIRGIN WHO WILL GIVE BIRTH TO A
CHILD AND WILL BE CALLED SON OF GOD (WHO WILL COME FROM THE PROMISED WOMAN, SHE WILL BE A VIRGIN
AND PURE).
ACT I

THE ANNUNCIATION

NARRATOR: Many years passed and humanity waited eagerly for the
PROMISE MADE BY GOD. IN A HUMBLE VILLAGE OF NAZARETH LIVED A BEAUTIFUL YOUNG WOMAN
CALL MARIA, WHO WAS ENGAGED TO A YOUNG MAN NAMED JOSE.

One day, while she was in prayer, a very important event occurred, let’s see what it was.
STEP:

ANGEL: REJOICE MARY, YOU HAVE FOUND FAVOR IN THE EYES OF GOD! YOU WILL CONCEIVE AND
YOU WILL GIVE BIRTH TO A SON WHOSE NAME YOU WILL GIVE AS JESUS, HE WILL BE CALLED SON OF GOD
AND HE WILL BE THE SAVIOR OF THE WORLD AND HIS KINGDOM WILL HAVE NO END.

MARY: "BUT HOW WILL THIS BE IF I DO NOT KNOW A MAN?"

ANGEL: THE HOLY SPIRIT WILL OVERSHADOW YOU AND YOU WILL CONCEIVE, THAT IS WHY THE CHILD
WHAT WILL BE BORN OF YOU WILL BE CALLED HOLY AND SON OF GOD, GO TO YOUR COUSIN ISABEL WHOM THEY SAID
STERILE, DESPITE HER ADVANCED AGE, IS NOW IN HER SIXTH MONTH OF PREGNANCY BECAUSE FOR
GOD THERE IS NOTHING IMPOSSIBLE.

MARY: I am the servant of the Lord; let it be done to me according to your will.

I SING (WHO AM I)

NARRATOR: Around those days, María headed to the village where her cousin Isabel lived.
TO HELP HER WITH DAILY CHORES, SINCE ISABEL WAS AN ELDERLY WOMAN AND
SHE WAS JUST FEW DAYS AWAY FROM GIVING BIRTH. WHEN MARÍA ENTERED THE HOUSE, SHE GREETED HER COUSIN,
WHEN ISABEL HEARD THE GREETING, THE CHILD SHE CARRIED IN HER WOMB LEAPT FOR JOY, AND SHE
I am filled with the Holy Spirit, then with a loud voice I pronounce these words:
Blessed are you among women and blessed is the fruit of your womb, "Who am I that
THE MOTHER OF MY LORD COME TO VISIT ME?

(CHANT)
ACT II

THE PLAN OF SATAN

NARRATOR: THE PROPHECY HAD BEEN FULFILLED. VERY SOON THE SAVIOR WOULD BE AMONG THE
MEN SHOWING THEIR MESSAGE OF LOVE.

BUT THE EVIL ONE 'SATAN' COULD NOT STAY WITH HIS ARMS CROSSED WITHOUT DOING
NOTHING. NOW MORE THAN EVER I WANTED TO AVOID MEN GETTING CLOSE TO GOD.
LET'S SEE WHAT HAPPENS IN HELL.

SATAN: (WORRIED) IT CANNOT BE, THIS IS THE LAST STRAW, THE MESSIAH IS ALMOST BORN AND I HAVE NOT
I HAVE DONE NOTHING, I HAVE TO THINK ABOUT HOW TO PREVENT THE WORLD FROM BECOMING CHEESY,
JUST IMAGINING HAPPY, JOYFUL MEN HELPING EACH OTHER, GIVING
THE BEST OF HIM... BRR IT BOILS MY LIVER.

"WHERE ARE MY SUBJECTS? . . . "

Laziness, lust, envy, anger, gluttony, pride, and greed come to me.

LET'S SEE, WHAT HAVE THEY BEEN DOING ON EARTH, DON'T THEY KNOW THAT THE MESSIAH IS ABOUT TO BE BORN AND

WE HAVE TO DISTANCE PEOPLE FROM GOOD AND INCREASE OUR RANKS OF EVIL.

YOUR LUST, WHAT ACCOUNTS DO YOU GIVE ME.

LUST: WELL, WITH ME EVERYONE FALLS, WELL ALMOST EVERYONE. LET ME INTRODUCE THEM TO YOU IN
MULTIPLE FORMS, THOUGHTS, WORDS, AND ABOVE ALL WORKS, I SEDUCE THEM WITH THE
BEAUTIFUL PRESENTATION OF THE BODY AND WITH MY FALSE HAPPINESS, YOU KNOW MY DEAR, I AM
IRRESISTIBLE.

ENVY: OH HOW CUTE YOU THINK YOU'RE THE BEST, BUT I HAVE MORE FOLLOWERS THAN YOU, A FEW
MINUTES I MANAGED TO MAKE TWO JEWS FIGHT AND ONE KILLED THE OTHER'S NEW CAMEL BECAUSE
I told him in his ear that I couldn't allow him to have a one-year-old camel, better and more.
FAST.
GREED: TO HAVE, TO HAVE, TO HAVE, SOMEONE SPOKE OF HAVING. I SEDUCE MEN
INSTILLING IN THEM THE IDEA OF LOVING MONEY AND MATERIAL GOODS. OF COURSE WITHOUT GIVING THEM
NOTHING TO OTHERS. LIKE WHEN I GOT A RICH AND SELFISH GUY TO STRIP A
POOR WIDOW OF HER FEW BELONGINGS BECAUSE SHE WAS LATE ONE DAY IN PAYING HER RENT.

SATAN: AND YOUR WRATH, WHAT HAVE YOU DONE?

IRA: DON'T TELL ME ANYTHING, WHY DON'T YOU ASK PEREZA WHO IS HERE ALL DAY
Telling him the truth, you don't say anything to him, and what do you say about gluttony, he indulges in it all the time.

A little time to have an appetizer, it's about to roll.

ARROGANCE: WELL, I DON'T NEED ANY OF YOU, BUNCH OF FOOLS. I WILL ONLY ACHIEVE
CAST DOWN THE PLANS OF GOD.

ALL: LIZARD LIZARD LIZARD.

SATAN: I DO NOT ALLOW UPRISINGS, I AM THE ONE WHO COMMANDS HERE. PREPARE YOUR BEST.
TEMPTATIONS BECAUSE RIGHT NOW WE ARE GOING TO WORK OVERTIME.

ALL: SLAVEMASTER!

DANCE
ACT III

Request for Inn

NARRATOR: AT THAT TIME, EMPEROR AUGUSTUS ORDERED A CENSUS TO BE TAKEN IN

EVERYONE. THIS FIRST CENSUS WAS TAKEN WHILE CYRENIUS WAS GOVERNOR OF SYRIA. ALL
They had to go register in their own town.

FOR THIS REASON, JOSÉ LEFT THE TOWN OF NAZARETH, IN THE REGION OF GALILEE, AND WENT TO BETHLEHEM, IN
JUDEA, WHERE KING DAVID WAS BORN, BECAUSE JOSEPH WAS A DESCENDANT OF DAVID. IT WAS
OVER THERE TO ENROLL, ALONG WITH MARÍA, WHO WAS ENGAGED TO MARRY HIM AND
SHE WAS IN BAND. AND IT HAPPENED THAT WHILE THEY WERE IN BETHLEHEM, MARY RECEIVED THE
TIME TO GIVE BIRTH.

JOSÉ: MARÍA, YOU HAVE NO IDEA HOW I FEEL ABOUT ALL THIS, YOU SO TIRED AND YOU DON'T HAVE A PLACE WHERE
SPENDING THE NIGHT.

MARÍA: DON'T WORRY JOSÉ, REMEMBER THAT THE ALMIGHTY LORD WATCHES OVER US AND
NOTHING HAPPENS UNLESS IT IS HIS WILL. IT IS TRUE THAT I HAVE GOTTEN A LITTLE TIRED, BUT IT IS
SO GREAT IS THE JOY IN MY HEART WHEN I THINK THAT I WILL SOON HAVE AMONG
MY ARMS TO THE SON OF GOD. "DO YOU REALIZE JOSÉ?, THE LORD HAS CHOSEN YOU NOT ONLY FOR
LOOK FOR SHELTER IF NOT TO BE HIS PROTECTOR.

JOSÉ: MARÍA, YOUR WORDS NOURISH MY FAITH, WRAP ME IN ENORMOUS HAPPINESS. THAT
A MYSTERY SO GREAT IS THE LOVE OF GOD, TO HAVE CHOSEN ME, A POOR CARPENTER FROM
NAZARETH TO PROTECT HIS DIVINE SON! TO THE EXPECTED MESSIAH, TO THE FUTURE KING OF ISRAEL!

MARÍA: JOSÉ, IT SEEMS LIKE THIS IS A INN, LET'S CALL.

(JOSÉ KNOCKS ON THE DOOR)

WAITER: YES, WHAT WOULD YOU LIKE?

JOSÉ: LOOK SIR, WE CAME FROM VERY FAR, WE NEED A PLACE TO SPEND THE NIGHT,
MY WIFE IS VERY TIRED AND IS ABOUT TO GIVE BIRTH, "COULD YOU PLEASE SHELTER US?
EVEN IF IT'S JUST FOR THIS NIGHT?

INNKEEPER: WELL, I'M SORRY, BUT I HAVE THE INN FULL, IF YOU WANT THERE ARE SOME CAVES THAT
THEY SERVE AS REFUGE FOR PASTORS TO PROTECT THEMSELVES FROM THE COLD, THEY ARE NOT FAR FROM HERE.
JOSE: THANK YOU SIR, WE WILL GO THERE RIGHT AWAY.

ACT IV

ANNOUNCEMENT TO THE PASTORS

NARRATOR: The days went by and each time, the date was getting closer.
ALL OF HUMANITY WAS WAITING, LET'S SEE WHAT HAPPENS ON A COLD WINTER NIGHT IN THE
OUTSKIRTS OF BELEN.

SALOME: WHAT A COLD NIGHT! I THINK THERE HAS NEVER BEEN A NIGHT LIKE THIS.

SAUL: NOT EVEN THE FIRE CAN WARM MY HANDS, I HAVE THEM SO COLD AND NUMB THAT
I CAN BARELY FEEL THEM. (SHE RUBS THEM AND HOLDS THEM NEAR THE FIRE)

JOSUE: TRULY, THERE IS A LOT OF COLD TONIGHT, BUT THE COLD OF HEARTS HURTS MORE
HARSH. IF A LIGHT COULD MELT THE ICE OF OUR HEARTS AND SHOW US THE
PATH TOWARDS A MORE FRATERNAL HUMANITY.

DANIEL: JOSUE SHUT UP! YOU'RE GOING TO START WITH YOUR STUFF AGAIN, ALWAYS WITH THE HOPE OF
A BETTER WORLD.

SALOME: YOU ARE ALWAYS SO ANGRY DANIEL, LET JOSHUA SPEAK FOR HIS WORDS ALWAYS
THEY ARE FULL OF WISDOM.

ZACARIAS: YOU ARE RIGHT SALOME, FOR I BELIEVE THAT JOSUE JUST LIKE US,
WE HOPE THAT ONE DAY GOD'S PROMISE WILL BE FULFILLED.

MIRIAM: I am filled with joy at the thought that one day the Messiah will come, and He will us

GUIDE ON THE PATH OF HAPPINESS AND BRING JOY TO THE WORLD.

ZACARIAS: LET'S SEE, LET'S SEE, LET'S SEE, EXPLAIN TO ME MORE ABOUT THE MESSIAH, FOR I AM VERY

IGNORANT, I CANNOT READ OR WRITE, THAT'S WHY I DO NOT KNOW THE SCRIPTURES.

SAUL: WELL, DON'T THINK THAT STUDYING A LOT WILL MAKE YOU A NOBLE-HEARTED MAN. GO TO
THE PHARISEES HOW THEY BEHAVE, THEY ARE HYPOCRITES!

JOSUE: IT IS TRUE, NOT BY KNOWING A LOT WILL YOU PLEASE GOD, BUT BY DOING GOOD TO OTHERS.
DEMAS.
RUTH: (IRRITATED) LET'S CHANGE THE SUBJECT, ALL OF THIS IS VERY NICE, BUT WHILE WE ...
THE PROPHECIES ARE FULFILLED, I WANT TO ENJOY THIS LIFE, DANCE, SING, AND HAVE FUN,
FORGETTING THE SUFFERING OF MY RACE UNDER THE ROMAN YOKE.

SALOME: YOU'RE ALWAYS SO CAREFREE.

DANIEL: YOU'RE CRAZY TO SAY THAT! HE/SHE IS ALWAYS THINKING ABOUT HAVING FUN AND ENJOYING LIFE.

RUTH: "WHAT FAULT DO I HAVE? I AM YOUNG AND BEAUTIFUL AND I HAVE A BEAUTIFUL FUTURE AHEAD OF ME"

FORWARD, SOME DAY I WILL STOP BEING A POOR SHEPHERDESS AND THEN THEY WILL SEE ME DRESSED AND
CLOTHED AS I DESERVE, WITH JEWELS ON MY HANDS, NECK, AND EVEN ON MY FEET.

SAUL: "And where are you going to keep so many jewels if one day you achieve your purpose?"

RUTH: SHUT UP INSOLENT, YOU ALWAYS MOCKING ME, AS YOU ONLY THINK ABOUT SLEEPING AND
YOU SEE EVERYTHING NEGATIVELY, YOU CANNOT ENJOY ALL THE GOOD THAT THIS LIFE OFFERS.

SALOME: POOR RUTH, SHE IS VERY AMBITIOUS, BUT DEEP DOWN SHE IS GOOD.

MIRIAM: I BELIEVE I WOULD BE ABLE TO MARRY A ROMAN TO HAVE EVERYTHING THAT

WANT.

RUTH: NO MIRIAM, MY YOUTH IS ONE THING AND MY IDEAS ARE ANOTHER, BUT WHEN IT PRESENTS ITSELF
A good opportunity, you'll see how this shepherd's life is going to change.

ZACARIAS: "And when you have all that you say, where are you going to put your flock?"

RUTH: BUT HOW STUPID YOU ARE! I WON'T NEED HIM ANYMORE, I'LL GIVE HIM AWAY OR SEND HIM.
I will shear and make bedding so that this lazy person (referring to Saul) can sleep.

JOSUE: PLEASE STOP FIGHTING (SAUL GETTING UP GOES

AFTER HER).

SAUL: YOU WILL PAY FOR THIS! (SHE RUNS AWAY) (RUTH LAUGHING AT HIM).

MIRIAM: HOW FUN! I AM GOING TO RUN AROUND WITH THEM TOO.

DANIEL: I don't see what's funny about it, the fire is already there.

WEAKENING AND AS ALWAYS I AM THE ONE WHO HAS TO GO FOR

MORE FIREWOOD. MIRIAM STOP PLAYING AND COME WITH ME FOR THE FIREWOOD.
JOSUE: IT'S BETTER IF I ACCOMPANY YOU TOO BECAUSE THERE MIGHT BE A WOLF NEARBY.

(THE LIGHTS GO OUT AND A MOMENT IS WAITED TO TURN THEM ON)

Salome and Zacharias are sitting by the fire.

Miriam, Josue, and Daniel arrive.

MIRIAM: (LAUGHS) YES, YES, YES! HOW DID YOU JUMP WHEN YOU HEARD THAT

NOISE AMONG THE BUSHES DANIEL.

DANIEL: I don't find it funny at all, what if it was a wolf?

OR SOMETHING WORSE.

JOSUE: WELL, STOP ARGUING ALREADY.

(RUTH AND SAUL ARRIVE RUNNING).

RUTH: OK, OK, it's not that serious, I'm tired of it.

RUN.

SAUL: WELL, YOU MUST LEARN TO RESPECT PEOPLE.

DANIEL: THEY WANT TO DO ME THE FAVOR OF STOPPING WITH THE NONSENSE

AND HELP US.

SALOME: MIRIAM AND RUTH HELP ME PREPARE DINNER.

(DINNER IS PREPARED AND THEY START TO EAT)

JOSUE DOES NOT TOUCH HIS FOOD

SALOME: JOSUE, AREN'T YOU HUNGRY? WHAT'S WRONG WITH YOU?

JOSUE: I DON’T KNOW MIRIAM, I HAVE SOMETHING IN MY HEART THAT I CAN'T EXPLAIN, LIKE SOMETHING
WONDERFUL THINGS ARE GOING TO HAPPEN.

ZACARIAS: LISTEN, SOMEONE IS SINGING.

(CHANT, LIGHTS, ANGELS THAT APPEAR)

DANIEL: AND THAT LIGHT THAT IS COMING CLOSER, WHAT WILL IT BE?

(Ruth and Miriam take refuge with Salome).

MIRIAM: SALOME, I AM SCARED.

RUTH: What could this be?

(DANIEL AND JOSUE JOIN.... ONE OF THE ANGELS SPEAKS) MUSIC NIGHT OF PEACE.

ANGEL: SHEPHERDS OF BETHLEHEM, DO NOT BE AFRAID, I BRING YOU GOOD NEWS THAT WILL BE CAUSE OF
JOY FOR EVERYONE, TODAY HAS BEEN BORN IN BETHLEHEM IN THE CITY OF DAVID, THE MESSIAH
PROMISED THE SAVIOR OF THE WORLD, GO TO WORSHIP HIM.

JOSUE: "And how do we find it?"

ANGEL: YOU WILL FIND A SIGN, YOU WILL FIND THE CHILD WRAPPED IN SWADDLING CLOTHS AND LYING IN A
MANGER

ANGELS: GLORY TO GOD IN THE HIGHEST AND ON EARTH PEACE TO MEN OF GOODWILL
WILL.

(GLORY IN THE HIGHEST TO GOD AND THEY ARE DISAPPEARING).

SALOME: THE SCRIPTURES HAVE BEEN FULFILLED, THE SAVIOR HAS BEEN BORN.

JOSHUA: THE EMMANUEL, GOD WITH US.

MIRIAM: LET'S WORSHIP HIM.

DANIEL: WE HAVE TO BRING HIM SOMETHING, I WILL BRING MILK.

I HONEY

ZACARIAS: I WILL BRING HIM A LITTLE SKIN SO HE CAN SLEEP WARM.

SAUL: THE POOR MUST BE VERY COLD.

JOSUE: I WILL BRING HIM FIREWOOD SO HE CAN WARM UP.

RUTH: I WILL GO TO BETHLEHEM FOR A NICE GIFT.

SALOME: DON'T GO RUTH, SOMETHING MIGHT HAPPEN TO YOU.

RUTH: NOTHING WILL HAPPEN TO ME, MY GIFT HAS TO BE THE BEST.

SAUL: BUT IT'S VERY FAR RUTH, DON'T GO THERE ARE MANY DANGERS.

RUTH: NOTHING WILL HAPPEN TO ME, WHAT HAPPENS IS THAT THEY ARE ENVIOUS THAT I CAN TAKE A
BEST GIFT. I WILL BE BACK SOON.

JOSUE: DANIEL, FOLLOW RUTH AND MAKE SURE NOTHING HAPPENS TO HER, THAT GIRL IS VERY CRAZY.

DANIEL: ALWAYS ME ALWAYS ME, ZACARIAS, MIRIAM, ACCOMPANY ME.

(AND THEY GO OUT TO LOOK FOR RUTH).

ACT V

HEROD AND THE WISE MEN FROM THE EAST.

HEROD IS FOUND IN THE PALACE PEACEFULLY LEANING BACK AND EATING SOME
JUICY GRAPES.

NARRATOR: IN THE TIME WHEN HEROD THE GREAT WAS KING OF THE COUNTRY, CAME BY
THEN IN JERUSALEM SOME WISE MEN FROM THE EAST WHO WERE DEDICATED TO THE STUDY OF THE
STARS. THEY HAD BEEN FOLLOWING A VERY BRIGHT ONE, WHICH THEY KNEW WOULD...
THEY INDICATED THE WAY TO THE KING OF THE JEWS. THEIR NAMES WERE MELCHIOR, GASPAR, AND
BALTHAZAR. MELCHIOR CAME FROM INDIA ON HIS MAJESTIC ELEPHANT, GASPAR FROM
FROM THE CAUCASUS ON HIS VIGOROUS STEED AND BALTAZAR FROM THE ORIENT ON HIS NOBLE ONE
CAMEL. WHEN THEY ARRIVED, THEY WENT TO SEE HEROD...

MELCHOR: WE GREET YOU KING HEROD, WE HAVE COME FROM VERY FAR FOLLOWING A
BRIGHT STAR SINCE ACCORDING TO OUR CALCULATIONS AT THIS TIME THE KING OF
THE JEWS.

GASPAR: "DO YOU KNOW WHERE THE KING IS?"

HEROD: "KING? WHAT KING? I AM THE ONLY KING OF JERUSALEM, THE SPLENDID ONE, THE
UNIQUE, THE WONDERFUL, THE MAGNANIMOUS AND NEVER WELL REGARDED HEROD THE GREAT THAT
IT'S ME!

SLAVES: THAT IS THE SAVE KING HEROD!

BALTAZAR: WE DO NOT DOUBT THAT THIS IS SO, BUT WE HAVE COME SEEKING THE MESSIAH OF
WORLD.

SATAN: (SE APPEARS AL KING HEROD Y THE DICE AL HEARD

DON'T BE A FOOL MAGNIFICENT KING, THE SCRIPTURES ARE ABOUT TO BE FULFILLED, ASK THEM
KNOW ABOUT THE MESSIAH, THEN YOU WILL KNOW WHERE HE IS AND YOU CAN ELIMINATE HIM FOREVER. OR PERHAPS
WILL YOU ALLOW A POOR FELLOW TO TAKE YOUR THRONE?

HEROD: AH! YES, OF COURSE, THE MESSIAH, HOW COULD I FORGET YOU KNOW WITH
ACCURACY WHERE WILL IT BE BORN?

SLAVES: WHERE WILL HE BE BORN? HAIL KING HEROD!

GASPAR: ACCORDING TO OUR CALCULATIONS AND IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE WRITINGS OF THE PROPHETS,
WE DEDUCED THAT IT WILL BE IN BETHLEHEM OF JUDAH.

SATAN: TELL THEM TO POINT OUT THE EXACT LOCATION TO BE ABLE TO CATCH HIM.

HEROD: Go and look for him, and when you find him, come back and tell me the exact location.
SO THAT I CAN ALSO GO TO WORSHIP HIM, THAT LITTLE AND SWEET BABY THAT I EAGERLY AWAIT
HAVING IT IN MY HANDS... FORGIVENESS IN MY ARMS.

SLAVES: TO HAVE HIM IN THEIR ARMS SAVE KING HEROD!

NARRATOR: WITH THESE INSTRUCTIONS FROM THE KING, THE SAGES LEFT AND THE STAR THAT
HAD SEEN SHINE, I WENT IN FRONT OF THEM, UNTIL FINALLY IT STOPPED OVER THE PLACE
WHERE WAS THE CHILD.

TEMPTATION TO THE PASTORS

NARRATOR: AS WE HAD SEEN, THE PROUD RUTH WAS HEADING TO BETHLEHEM TO BUY A
BEAUTIFUL GIFT, FOR SHE THOUGHT THAT IN THIS WAY SHE WOULD PLEASE THE CHILD GOD MORE.

HER FELLOW SHEPHERDS FOLLOWED HER CLOSELY AS THEY FEARED THAT SOMETHING BAD MIGHT HAPPEN TO HER.

MARKET.

WHO WOULD HAVE IMAGINED THAT SATAN AND HIS DEMONS, DISGUISED NOT TO BE
RECOGNIZED WERE WAITING FOR THEM IN A PLACE ALONG THE ROAD TO TEMPT THEM AND PREVENT THUS THEIR

Meeting with El Salvador.

(RUTH PASSES BY AND SATAN APPEARS)

SATAN: Where are you going so fast, beautiful shepherdess?

RUTH: WHO ARE YOU?

SATAN: I AM SOMEONE WHO ADMITS YOUR BEAUTY AND HAVE COME FROM VERY FAR TO MEET YOU,
TELL ME, "WHERE ARE YOU GOING?"

RUTH: I AM GOING TO BETHLEHEM TO FIND A GIFT FOR THE MESSIAH WHO HAS JUST BEEN BORN, SOME
ANGELS HAVE ANNOUNCED IT TO US AND THAT'S WHY I'M IN A HURRY, I WANT TO BRING A GIFT
BEAUTIFUL, BETTER THAN THAT OF MY FELLOW PASTORS.
SATAN: MESSIAH, DO YOU REALLY BELIEVE THAT? THAT A MESSIAH WILL COME?

(THEN DANIEL ZACARIAS AND MIRIAM APPEAR)

DANIEL: YES! THE SCRIPTURES SAY SO.

SATAN: MY POOR AND IGNORANT FRIENDS, DON'T BE FOOLS, IT'S NOT TRUE. THE MESSIAH DOES NOT
IT WILL NEVER HAPPEN, AND STOP THINKING ABOUT THOSE THINGS THAT WILL NOT BENEFIT YOU IN ANY WAY,
Better come with me, I'm going to introduce you to some good friends that I ...
They will teach you to be very happy.

LUST, SHOW YOUR CHARMS TO THESE OUR FRIENDS.

LUST: LET'S SEE. LET'S SEE, BUT WHAT A CHARM OF MEN, SO YOUNG AND SURELY
Eager to taste the honeys of pleasure.

WHAT DO YOU HAVE TO DO TONIGHT? (ADDRESSING ZACARIAS)

ZACARIAS: WELL, WE'RE GOING TO BETHLEHEM . . .

LUST: FOR WHAT FOOL, IF YOU BOW DOWN BEFORE ME I WILL MAKE YOU KNOW ALL THE
PLEASURES OF THE EARTH, YOU WILL HAVE THE MOST BEAUTIFUL WOMEN AT YOUR FEET, ALL WILL LOVE YOU,
ENJOY YOUR YOUTH.

MIRIAM: LET ME HAVE A MOMENT LITTLE ONE, LEAVE MY FRIEND ALONE. ZACARIAS DON'T LET YOURSELF BE...
ENGAGEMENT, CARNAL PLEASURES ARE NOT TRUE HAPPINESS. DO NOT LET IT WRAP YOU UP.
THIS WOMAN.

ZACARIAS: YES, YOU'RE RIGHT I WAS STARTING TO BELIEVE WHAT THEY WERE TELLING ME, BUT THE AUTHENTIC
Happiness is in true love and not in carnal passion.

ENVY: (APPROACHES DANIEL AND SAYS) LOOK HOW THOSE TWO LOOK, IT SEEMS LIKE THERE'S SOMETHING GOING ON
MORE THAN FRIENDSHIP... ALSO, YOU'VE ALWAYS LIKED MIRIAM, 'ARE YOU GOING TO LET THEM TAKE HER AWAY FROM YOU?

YOU ARE BETTER THAN THE STUPID FIGHT!

ZACARIAS: (MAKES AN ANNOYED GESTURE, PUSHES THE DEVIL AND SAYS) ALRIGHT, LET'S GO THEN
It is getting late for us.

GREED: (APPROACHES RUTH AND SAYS) AND YOUR HUMBLE PASTOR, BUT LOOK AT YOUR CLOTHES, IF THEY ARE
TRUE RAGS, IF YOU BOW DOWN BEFORE ME AND FORGET TO GO TO BETHLEHEM, I WILL GIVE YOU
BEAUTIFUL DRESSES, PRECIOUS JEWELS, FAST CAMELS, YOU WOULD HAVE IT ALL.
ENVY: YOU WOULD BE THE ENVY OF YOUR PASTOR FRIENDS . . .

ARROGANCE: YOU WOULD NOT NEED ANYONE . . .

LUST: ALL MEN WOULD DESIRE YOU...

LAZINESS: YOU SHOULDN'T HAVE TO WORK...

SUGAR: DELIGHTS OF THOUSANDS OF DISHES . . .

IRA: Wouldn't you like to give your bad friends a disappointment?

(ALL THE DEVILS SURROUND RUTH AND DANCE FOR HER, HER FRIENDS WANT TO SAVE HER)
BUT SATAN FREEZES THEM

RUTH: (SHE HAS TO DECIDE WHAT TO DO, FALLS TO THE GROUND, COVERS HER EARS AND SCREAMS) NOOO, I ALREADY KNOW

WHO ARE YOU? GET AWAY FROM MY HELP!

SATAN: CALL ME FOOL (TRYING TO GRAB HER)

MIGUEL: (APPEARS) BACK EVIL SPIRIT, STOP TEMPTING THESE CREATURES OF THE LORD,
YOU SEE THAT YOUR SEDUCTIONS HAVE HAD NO EFFECT, RETURN TO THE INFERNAL ABYSS
WHERE DID YOU AND YOUR DEMONS COME FROM.

(Pelean and San Miguel defeats Satan and he flees with the devils).

MIGUEL: GO PASTORS TO BETHLEHEM, AND DO NOT BE AFRAID, RUTH DO NOT FORGET THAT THE BEST GIFT
IT IS A SIMPLE HEART.

THE ARRIVAL OF THE SHEPHERDS AND WISE MEN

CHANT.

JESUS IN THE MANGER, THE VIRGIN ARRANGING THE SWADDLING CLOTHES, SAINT JOSEPH ON HIS KNEES
Adoring Him, the shepherds come singing, presenting their offerings to the Child, Saint Joseph.
THEY RECEIVE IT

JOSUE: AN ANGEL HAS GIVEN US THE NEWS AND WE HAVE COME TO WORSHIP HIM.

SALOME: OUR GIFTS ARE POOR BUT OUR LOVE IS GREAT.

ZACARIAS: THIS WARM SKIN WILL HUG YOU VERY WELL, BEAUTIFUL BOY.

Miriam and Daniel: We bring you milk and honey with all our heart.

JOSUE AND SAUL: WE BRING YOU FIREWOOD TO WARM UP YOUR CAVE.

RUTH: I bring my tambourine and I will throw parties for the child. This will be my gift and all my...

DEAR.

MIRIAM: LET'S ALSO TAKE OUR PANDEROS AND LET THE PARTY BEGIN.

(EVERYONE DANCES AND AT THE END THEY KNEEL DOWN).

FIN

SOURCE

GROUP OF HUMAN AND CHRISTIAN VALUES

PARISH OF MARY IMMACULATE
MERIDA, YUC. MEXICO