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- Subject: The WItness Days (addendum)
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- THE WITNESS DAYS (addendum)
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- On January 1st, we celebrate the Circumcision of Christ. Since we
- are more squeamish than our ancestors, modern calendars often list
- it as the feast of the Holy Name of Jesus, but the other emphasis is
- the older. Every Jewish boy was circumcised (and formally named) on
- the eighth day of his life, and so, one week after Christmas, we
- celebrate the occasion when Our Lord first shed His blood for us. It
- is a fit close for a week of martyrs, and reminds us that to suffer
- for Christ is to suffer with Him.
-