Monsignor Pope Ping!
It means he is a Jew. Gal. 4:4.
Thank you O Christ.
Eight days after your birth, you are offered to the Father, and your blood is shed.
What did Joseph say to the Mohel?
He was a son of Abraham. The Old Covenant was still in effect.
He had not yet given himself as a sacrifice for all of our sins.
The Lord explained why he underwent circumcision. It's right there IN THE BIBLE that- guess what- any person can pick up at any bookstore.
The Pope and the church of Rome are stumbling blocks.
‘If it was good enough for Jesus....’
That’s a question I never thought of asking before.
“He was like us in all things except sin.”
I’ve always felt this was under spoken or downplayed in my churches in the past. It wasn’t that he couldn’t sin - by taking human form he was susceptible to sin, but throughout his life and all the temptations he, being the Christ, was able to resist sinning in all its many forms.
Something that we always fail at to some varying degree. Whereas we are buffeted by the winds of temptation, HE stood firm and then silenced the gale through his sacrifice.
In the old universal latin rite mass liturgical readings followed the episodes of Christ’s childhood. The New Year mass following Christmas was known as “The Feast of Circumcision”. American bishops bowing to political correctness decided it become known as “ Purification”. A few years back one would see January 6th shown in all American calendars marked as Epiphany the traditional 12th day of Christmas. Since then it no longer appears on the calendar. Catholic bishops had much earlier moved observance of it to the Sunday following New Year.
A topic I’d rather remain ignorant on.
Jesus was the only one to fulfil the law perfectly. He didn’t need to be saved. He is The Saviour.
Nothing.
There’s nothing to read into it.
Mary and Joseph did what was required by the Law as any good observant Jews would have.
I enjoy some of these even though I may not agree with all that is said. To me it’s a lot simpler - Christ walked the Earth under the Old Covenant and in order to be the only “Man” to live and stay totally within the Law, He needed to be circumcised - after h\His Death/Resurrection, many tried to keep adhering to the Law to “prove” their worthiness and they were chastised as having “fallen from Grace” by ignoring that His sacrifice was the only reason any could be deemed worthy.
"Keep the tip"