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REFLECTIONS TODAY Reflections today Today’s Gospel features the Canticle of Zechariah, the Benedictus. Although the canticle is a praise of God for his work of salvation which has its high point in the birth of John the Baptist, the eyes of Zechariah does not focus on his son, but rather on the
In this installment, we shall consider the second of Luke’s canticles, the Benedictus. However, like St. Luke himself, we must set the stage. Luke, a very precise historian, informs us of the exact time and place of the events we are about to read, 1 in the Temple during the reign of King Herod, when the priest Zechariah – from the family of Abijah – was on duty. Further, not only was Zechariah a priest but his wife Elizabeth likewise came from a priestly family. We learn that the two spouses were “righteous,” 3 observing all the precepts of the Law. In spite of that, they were chi...