“Lord, now let your servant go in peace; your word has been fulfilled:
my own eyes have seen the salvation which you prepared in the sight of every people,
a light to reveal you to the nations and the glory of your people Israel.” (Lk 2:22-35)
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Today’s gospel canticle the Nunc Dimittis, along with the Benedictus and the Magnificat, form the hinges of the Liturgy of the Hours, the church’s daily prayer. The feast of the martyr, Saint Thomas Becket (d. 29 December 1170), reminds us that before “king and country” we must serve God first. Today’s Christmas Carol is Los Pañales (The Swaddling Clothes).