December 25, 2025
Have a good day!
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The Fifth Day in the Octave of Christmas
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☆ Gospel:Luke 2:22-35
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And when the necessary days for making them clean by the law of Moses had come to an end, they took him to Jerusalem to give him to the Lord
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(As it says in the law of the Lord, Every mother's first male child is to be holy to the Lord),
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And to make an offering, as it is ordered in the law of the Lord, of two doves or other young birds.
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And there was then in Jerusalem a man whose name was Simeon; and he was an upright man, fearing God and waiting for the comfort of Israel: and the Holy Spirit was on him.
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And he had knowledge, through the Holy Spirit, that he would not see death till he had seen the Lord's Christ.
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And full of the Spirit he came into the Temple; and when the father and mother came in with the child Jesus, to do with him what was ordered by the law,
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Then he took him in his arms and gave praise to God and said,
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Now you are letting your servant go in peace, O Lord, as you have said;
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For my eyes have seen your salvation,
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Which you have made ready before the face of all nations;
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A light of revelation to the Gentiles, and the glory of your people Israel.
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And his father and mother were full of wonder at the things which were said about him.
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And Simeon gave them his blessing and said to Mary, his mother, See, this child will be the cause of the downfall and the lifting up of great numbers of people in Israel, and he will be a sign against which hard words will be said;
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(And a sword will go through your heart;) so that the secret thoughts of men may come to light.
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☆ 1 John 2:3-11
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And by this we may be certain that we have knowledge of him, if we keep his laws.
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The man who says, I have knowledge of him, and does not keep his laws, is false, and there is nothing true in him:
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But in every man who keeps his word, the love of God is made complete. By this we may be certain that we are in him:
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He who says that he is living in him, will do as he did.
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My loved ones, I do not give you a new law, but an old law which you had from the first; this old law is the word which came to your ears.
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Again, I give you a new law, which is true in him and in you; for the night is near its end and the true light is even now shining out.
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He who says that he is in the light, and has hate in his heart for his brother, is still in the dark.
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He who has love for his brother is in the light, and there is no cause of error in him.
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But he who has hate for his brother is in the dark, walking in the dark with no knowledge of where he is going, unable to see because of the dark.
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