From the Gospel: Planting seeds for a new humanity

Feast of the holy family. Today’s readings: Genesis 15:1-6; 21:1-3; Psalm 105:1-2, 3-4, 5-6, 8-9; Colossians 3:12-21 or 3:12-17 or Hebrews 11:8, 11-12, 17-19; Luke 2:22-40. Flight (1927), a theatre piece by Mikhail Afanasyevich Bulgakov (1891-1940), presents Khloudov, a White Army general who ironically cites the opening verse of Simeon’s Canticle, found in Luke 2:22-40,...