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January 1 - Circumcision of Our Lord Jesus Christ
Eight (8) days after His Divinity, our Lord Jesus Christ deigned to be circumcised. He submitted to circumcision, first of all, to fulfill the Law. "Think not that I am come to destroy the Law," said He; "I am not come to destroy, but to fulfill" (Matthew, Chapter 5). He subjected Himself to the Law to free transgressors subject to the Law, as the holy Apostle teaches: "When the fullness of time was come, God sent forth His Son, made a woman, made under the Law to redeem them that were under the Law" (Galatians, Chapter 4).
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