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*Image: The Circumcision by Luca Signorelli, c. 1490-91 [National Gallery, London]. Following Jewish tradition, Christ was circumcised when he was eight days old (Luke 2: 21). The painting shows the moment when Jesus receives His name . . . and the first time He shed blood for us.
By David Warren, The Catholic Thing, Nov. 3, 2023
David Warren is a former editor of the Idler magazine and columnist in Canadian newspapers. He has extensive experience in the Near and Far East. …
From obscure origins, dwelling at Ur of the Chaldees (Genesis 11:31), and nomad wandering, with Abraham into Canaan, and then into slavery in Egypt; and out of Egypt and slavery with Moses; and led by Joshua back into the promised land of Canaan; the Hebrews are brought into the focus of history.
And we are traveling with them through these distant, often impenetrable times. As we are told with reiterated clarity in the Bible, this is a chosen wandering.
It was not chosen by the people themselves, but by their God; or as we have come to understand more simply, by God. The story that we inherit is the life we inherit, which proceeds unambiguously from the Jews. …
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