December 31, Christmas 1B (Luke 2:22-40)
Luke insists that Jesus is a child of Israel.
Seminarians must roll their eyes at how often I ask them to fill in the blank: “Jesus was a . . .”
“Jew.”
“And Peter was a . . .”
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