Posts Tagged ‘ Circumcision of Christ ’

His name is deeply carved there (Herbert)

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January 2, 2012
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And when eight days were accomplished for the circumcising of the child, his name was called JESUS.
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St Bede: Our true and more complete circumcision

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January 1, 2012
St Peter's Church in Wearmouth. © Andrew Curtis, Geograph. Licensed for reuse under Creative Commons Licence.

For the one purified by true circumcision goes into the Temple of the Lord when, by the fruits of good works, he enters into the everlasting joy of his citizenship above.
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Christ the well-spring of life hath rested upon thee, O Basil

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January 1, 2012
A detail from an icon of St Basil of Caesarea

Thou didst indite wisdom as a herald of light, and in the known world thou didst scatter abroad godly-mindedness. Thou didst flood the dryness of the known world with thy teachings as with water, and sow therein the doctrines of true religion.
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