they said your soul needed savin' so they sent you off to bible school
but you know a little more than they were sure was in the golden rule The Holy Gospel according to St. Luke ! The big festival was over … One of the days the temple was filled again. Only now the high holy day had passed. Everyone had enjoyed the moving worship, but now it was time to go back home. Back to business as usual. The work-week loomed ahead. The house work needed to be done… I’m not talking about Christmas Eve. I am talking about the Passover festival Mary and Joseph went to. There are a lot of parallels though, aren’t there? And they are more than how big festivals seem to draw people here in a way regular worship just doesn’t . There’s other parallels, like Mary and Joseph, and everyone at temple for Passover; love the special services. The hymns we only sing during that night. The story you can tell is holy by the way everyone quiets down as it’s read. The way candles seem to soften all our features and give us a glimpse of h...