Category: Circumcision and Name of Jesus

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First Sunday after Christmas: New Year’s Eve

Presentation of our Lord
Jesus is presented in the Jerusalem temple, as Mary kneels with the sacrifice of two birds (Luke 2:22-24) and Joseph stands behind her. The righteous Simeon holds the infant Jesus (left; v.28), and the prophetess Anna stands nearby with her hands folded in a prayer of thanksgiving to God (vv. 36-38). From a book explaining the Epistles and Gospels by Martin Luther (1540).

Lessons: Isaiah 11:1-5, Galatians 4:1-7, Luke 2:21-40
Hymns: LSB 367, 385, 733, 899, 390

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The Name and Circumcision of our Lord: Luke 2:21 and the New Year

Circumcision of Jesus
Jesus fulfills the Law as His first drops of Blood are shed at His Circumcision (Luke 2:21). From a book by Viet Dietrich summarizing the entire Bible (1562).

Lessons: Gen. 17:3-14, Gal. 3:23-29, Luke 2:21
Hymns: LSB 898, 897, 733, 366, 390

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Eve of the Circumcision and Name of Jesus: Jesus Places His Name on Sinners

Readings: Numbers 6:22-27, Galatians 3:23-29, Luke 2:21
Hymns: 375, 897, 733, 898, 390

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