Tag: Luke

• Luke’s Nativity ‘Extras’

  Luke’s Nativity Story begins earlier than Matthew’s, with the priest Zechariah, whose aged wife Elizabeth hasn’t been able to conceive a child. One day, while carrying out his duties, “an angel from the Lord” appeared, and told him that his wife would bear a child, who must be called John – “a great servant of…

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  20th Dec 2022

  Christianity, Christmas, Composer, Jesus of Nazareth, Literature, Music, New Testament, Religion

  Angel Gabriel, Bach, Gospel, Jesus, John the Baptist, Luke, Magnificat, Mary, Nativity, Samuel

• ‘O little town of Bethlehem’

  This is my favourite Christmas carol, though I’m no longer ‘traditionally’ religious, and believe Jesus was born in Nazareth, not Bethlehem. Why, some might ask, do I find this carol moving and meaningful? The reason is that its words and music symbolise and energise deep-seated archetypal contents in my psyche, which have profound meaning irrespective…

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  14th Dec 2022

  Christianity, Christmas, Jesus of Nazareth, Literature, New Testament, Old Testament, Poetry, Religion

  Bethlehem, Carol, Census, Gospels, Jesus, Luke, Matthew, Nativity, Nazareth, Rome

• The Nativity Stories (i) Asking Questions

  Now that December has come, it’s time to revisit the endlessly enchanting nativity stories found in the gospels of Matthew and Luke. I use the word “stories”, firstly because these are not historical accounts and, secondly, because there are two of them, even though the yearly ‘nativity plays’ join them up, and present them as…

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  14th Dec 2021

  Christmas, Jesus of Nazareth, Mythology, New Testament, Poetry, Religion

  Bethlehem, Christmas, Gospels, Herod, Luke, Matthew, Nativity, Nazareth