Today is the Feast of the Holy Name - 8 days after Jesus’ birth when he is presented in the Temple, circumcised, and named. So this morning I read from Luke where old man Simeon showed up in the Temple and took the baby into his arms and prophesied to the Virgin Mary that “Behold, this child is appointed for the fall and rising of many in Israel, and for a sign that is opposed (and a sword wil
Today is the Feast of the Holy Name - 8 days after Jesus’ birth when he is presented in the Temple, circumcised, and named. So this morning I read fr
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