Merry Christmas, everyone. That’s right; it is still Christmas according to the church calendar. Today is the first Sunday after Christmas and the third day of Christmastide. Christmastide is the celebration set aside for the church, beginning on Christmas Day and ending with Epiphany.
A traditional reading for the first Sunday after Christmas is Simeon and Anna encountering the baby Jesus at the temple. In Luke 2, verses 22-40, we read that Simeon was a devout man who received word from the Holy Spirit that he would see the prophesied Messiah with his own eyes. Anna was a widow who spent night and day in the temple, praying and fasting. Her commitment was unceasing.
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Ancient-Future Time, by Robert E. Webber
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