Feast of the Circumcision of Christ

[Not David]

Blessed day! Today Jesus was circumcised 8 days after Christmas.

 

[Long Beard]

On his 8th day of life, yes... according to the law.

 

[Sabertooth]

We had circumcisions, but the phrase "Feast of Circumcision" sounds a little gross...!

 

[Not David]

We had circumcisions, but the phrase "Feast of Circumcision" sounds a little gross...!

It is just based on what Jesus did, God loving us so much that he became a man under the law.

 

[Sabertooth]

Let's hope they don't serve onion rings...!

 

[redleghunter]

Blessed day! Today Jesus was circumcised 8 days after Christmas.

Thought you went by the Eastern calendar.

 

[redleghunter]

We had circumcisions, but the phrase "Feast of Circumcision" sounds a little gross...!

Well to add to this there have been churches in Europe claiming the relic of the foreskin:

The Holy Prepuce, or Holy Foreskin (Latin præputium or prepucium), is one of several relics attributed to Jesus, a product of the circumcision of Jesus. At various points in history, a number of churches in Europe have claimed to possess Jesus's foreskin, sometimes at the same time. Various miraculous powers have been ascribed to it.

Holy Prepuce - Wikipedia

 

[Sabertooth]

Does anyone claim to have His umbilical cord, too? That would be a find!

 

[Not David]

Thought you went by the Eastern calendar.

Yes, it is still on January the 1st.

 

[redleghunter]

Yes, it is still on January the 1st.

I guess we still wish you a Merry Christmas next week?

Want to know as I usually keep my lights up until then.

 

[Not David]

I guess we still wish you a Merry Christmas next week?

Want to know as I usually keep my lights up until then.

The churches I usually go celebrate Christmas on December the 25th, but since I didn't go to Church because I went on a vacation, I will go on January the 7th. So yeah, you can wish me a Merry Christmas then.

 

[Athanasius377]

I know the feast is is on Jan 1 in the Episcopal 1928 Book of Common Prayer. If I recall, the feast is on January according to the pre Vatican II liturgical calendar in the Roman church as well. The Lutheran churches have it as the circumcision and name of Jesus.

 

[Athanasius377]

Well to add to this there have been churches in Europe claiming the relic of the foreskin:

The Holy Prepuce, or Holy Foreskin (Latin præputium or prepucium), is one of several relics attributed to Jesus, a product of the circumcision of Jesus. At various points in history, a number of churches in Europe have claimed to possess Jesus's foreskin, sometimes at the same time. Various miraculous powers have been ascribed to it.

Holy Prepuce - Wikipedia

Wasn't there a saint that had a devotion to the Holy Foreskin?

 

[Dave-W]

To quote Mike Warnke:

“Snip dingle, snip dingle, snip dingle.”

 

[redleghunter]

Wasn't there a saint that had a devotion to the Holy Foreskin?

Did not see that but as a relic it was venerated I think until Vatican 2.

Then one must ask which one:

According to Farley, "Depending on what you read, there were eight, twelve, fourteen, or even 18 different holy foreskins in various European towns during the Middle Ages."[6] In addition to the Holy Foreskin of Rome (later Calcata), other claimants included the Cathedral of Le Puy-en-Velay, Santiago de Compostela, the city of Antwerp, Coulombs in the diocese of Chartres, as well as Chartres itself, and churches in Besançon, Metz, Hildesheim, Charroux.[9] Conques, Langres, Fécamp, and two in Auvergne.

One of the most famous prepuces arrived in Antwerp in Brabant in 1100 as a gift from king Baldwin I of Jerusalem, who purchased it in the Holy Land in the course of the first crusade. This prepuce became famous when the bishop of Cambray, during the celebration of the Mass, saw three drops of blood blotting the linens of the altar. A special chapel was constructed and processions organised in honour of the miraculous relic, which became the goal of pilgrimages. In 1426 a brotherhood was founded in the cathedral "van der heiliger Besnidenissen ons liefs Heeren Jhesu Cristi in onser liever Vrouwen Kercke t' Antwerpen"; its 24 members were all abbots and prominent laymen. The relic disappeared in 1566, but the chapel still exists, decorated by two stained glass windows donated by king Henry VII of England and his wife Elizabeth of York in 1503.

Holy Prepuce - Wikipedia