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Why is this old man Simeon so excited to meet this baby Jesus?

Which Godfather would not be?think if you knew your Godchild is the long waited for Saviour :)

By: Alessandra Parrini
Category: Jesus Presented in the Temple

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What was Mary feeling in her heart after she heard the report from shepherd about many singing angels?

she was very happy and also praising God and thanking him 4 his wonderful works.

By: david otchere
Category: The Shepherds and the Angels

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Luke describes how the angel Gabriel predicted the birth of Jesus to his mother Mary. According to Luke, what did the angel Gabriel predict as the future role of Jesus? Note: The name Jesus is the Greek form of Joshua, which means "God saves."

The Lord God will give him the throne of his father, David, and he will reign over the house of Jacob forever. There will be no end to his Kingdom." A few days ago Fr in the homily said that when mentioning Jesus geneology everybody is mentioned, sinners included (two prostitutes are mentioned too). Jesus will be sitting on the throne of David, who was a sinner too: an adulterer. J comes to bring salvation to all and the progeny of David will be as numerous as the stars. The spiritual progeny. Offspring of the repentant sinner.The throne of David, but the house of Jacob.Why is Jacob mentioned in reference to the house? he was called Israel and was the one his father was about to sacrifice for the love of God and out of obedience. Salvation coming for all: was this a message to the Pharisees, a challenge to remind them that they had to be ready also to sacrifice their first borns?and the conviction that salvation was open to all their future tribes, 12, to all people and nations, again spiritual progeny. They could not accept that the Saviour was born of a humble virgin and her obedient and faithfu husband, who did not have all the legalistic knowledge but had treaured in heart the prophecies of Isaiah. And enough Faith in those promises to sacrifice their only son.Note also that Isaac kept the secret about the sacrifice he was asked as his wife would have not had probably the strength to accept it. Mary was told by Simeon that arrows of sorrow would have pierced her heart.And as she accepted to carry Jesus in her womb because she had Isaiah enshrined in her heart, she must have also known that she was the one who had to carry him onto Calvary. Woman my hour has not come yet. He did not have to be more explicit as she knew that the reference was to the marriage of th Lamb with hi people, via Mary who resealed the Covenant with the Lord.

By: Alessandra Parrini
Category: The Birth of Jesus Foretold

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