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The Feast of the Ass (Jan 14th)

  On January 14th, according to Medieval Tradition, was The Feast of the Ass or Festum Asinorum. The Feast commemorates The Flight to Egypt of Mary, Joseph, and Jesus. The idea comes from apparently some donkey and animal parables, but the concept is when Jesus was only a Baby, Herod The Great sough to kill him, “   Now when they had gone, behold, an angel of the Lord *appeared to Joseph in a dream and said, “Get up! Take the Child and His mother and flee to Egypt, and stay there until I tell you; for Herod is going to search for the Child to kill Him.” So Joseph got up and took the Child and His mother while it was still night, and left for Egypt. He stayed there until the death of Herod;  this happened  so that what had been spoken by the Lord through the prophet would be fulfilled: “Out of Egypt I called My Son. Then when Herod saw that he had been tricked by the magi, he became very enraged, and sent  men  and killed all the boys who were in Bethlehem a...

Our Bible Has Been Changed

  The Septuagint alone has recovery of the sight of the blind in Isaiah Chapter 61:1: “The Spirit of the Lord is upon me, because he has anointed me; he has sent me to preach glad tidings to the poor, to heal the broken in heart, to proclaim liberty to the captives, and  recovery of sight to the blind. .” (Isaiah 61:1, Septuagint).  Jesus quotes The Septuagint in the Gospel of Luke:  “The Spirit of the Lord is on Me, because He has anointed Me to preach good news to the poor. He has sent Me to proclaim liberty to the captives and  recovery of sight to the blind , to release the oppressed, / to proclaim the year of the Lord’s favor.” (Luke 4:18-19).  Most translations use The Masoretic Text which removes the recovery of the blind’s sight: New International Version The Spirit of the Sovereign LORD is on me, because the LORD has anointed me to proclaim good news to the poor. He has sent me to bind up the brokenhearted, to proclaim freedom for the captives and ...