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Dec 16, 2008

Volume 125, Issue #25

Lectionary

Christmas and the cross: Luke 2:22-40

Simeon offers a subtle instruction to Mary: remember the cross.

Interrupted: Luke 1:26-38; 47-55

Whether Mary was reading or spinning or planning her wedding, the annunciation came as an interruption.

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