{"id":8420,"date":"2020-12-13T06:00:49","date_gmt":"2020-12-13T11:00:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/faith-andover.org\/wp\/?p=8420"},"modified":"2020-12-09T16:21:11","modified_gmt":"2020-12-09T21:21:11","slug":"commemoration-of-st-lucy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/faith-andover.org\/?p=8420","title":{"rendered":"Commemoration of St. Lucy"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">by Cindy Schatz<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" src=\"https:\/\/faith-andover.org\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/lucia-day-1024x683.jpg\" alt=\"Commemoration of St. Lucy\" class=\"wp-image-8421\" srcset=\"https:\/\/faith-andover.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/lucia-day-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/faith-andover.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/lucia-day-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/faith-andover.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/lucia-day-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/faith-andover.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/lucia-day-24x16.jpg 24w, https:\/\/faith-andover.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/lucia-day.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">John 1:6-8, 19-28<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em>6\u00a0There was a man sent from God, whose name was John.\u00a0<sup>7<\/sup>He came as a witness to testify to the light, so that all might believe through him.\u00a0<sup>8<\/sup>He himself was not the light, but he came to testify to the light.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em>19\u00a0This is the testimony given by John when the Jews sent priests and Levites from Jerusalem to ask him, \u2018Who are you?\u2019\u00a0<sup>20<\/sup>He confessed and did not deny it, but confessed, \u2018I am not the Messiah.\u2019\u00a0<sup>21<\/sup>And they asked him, \u2018What then? Are you Elijah?\u2019 He said, \u2018I am not.\u2019 \u2018Are you the prophet?\u2019 He answered, \u2018No.\u2019\u00a0<sup>22<\/sup>Then they said to him, \u2018Who are you? Let us have an answer for those who sent us. What do you say about yourself?\u2019\u00a0<sup>23<\/sup>He said,<br>\u2018I am the voice of one crying out in\u00a0the wilderness,<br>\u201cMake straight the way of the\u00a0Lord\u201d\u00a0\u2019,<br>as the prophet Isaiah said.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em>24\u00a0Now they had been sent from the Pharisees.\u00a0<sup>25<\/sup>They asked him, \u2018Why then are you baptizing if you are neither the Messiah,\u00a0nor Elijah, nor the prophet?\u2019\u00a0<sup>26<\/sup>John answered them, \u2018I baptize with water. Among you stands one whom you do not know,\u00a0<sup>27<\/sup>the one who is coming after me; I am not worthy to untie the thong of his sandal.\u2019\u00a0<sup>28<\/sup>This took place in Bethany across the Jordan where John was baptizing.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">December 13 is the Commemoration of St. Lucy, also known as Lucia Day. &nbsp; Lutheran churches and lodges with members of Scandinavian heritage often host a ceremony with a girl robed in white with a crown of candles upon her head. &nbsp; Just as the candles were meant to light the way of St. Lucy, her day in mid-Advent points to the arrival of the <em>Light of the World<\/em>, Jesus Christ.&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">John the Baptist, who preceded St. Lucy by nearly three centuries, was a contemporary of Christ.&nbsp; This passage reveals that he was mistaken for the returning Elijah, or the Prophet or even the Messiah.&nbsp; His spent his life disputing those 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