Today is the eighth day after Christmas. The Church celebrates The Feast of the Circumcision today and The Feast of the Holy Name of Jesus, as well as the Feast of the Motherhood of the Blessed Virgin Mary, which was moved to January 1 in 1969.In the Old Law, by the rite of Circumcision, every male Jew became a member and shared in the privileges and blessings of the chosen people of God. A Jew who failed to be initiated by the ceremony was excluded. Our Lord was Son of God by nature, and absolutely sinless, and therefore did not need adoption into the membership of God's children. Yet, He submitted to the law. The Church also honours on this day the holy Name of Jesus, given to the Divine Child at the Circumcision, and the Divine Maternity of Our Lady. (The Roman Missal, 1962)
Jesus with Simeon
Luke 2. 21
At that time, after eight days were accomplished that the Child should be circumcised: His Name was called Jesus, which was called by the Angel before He was conceived in the womb.
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