Narrative Lectionary Key Verse for Today
“There was also a prophet, Anna the daughter of Phanuel, of the tribe of Asher.
At that moment she came, and began to praise God and to speak about the child to all who were looking for the redemption of Jerusalem.”
NL Daily Devotion for Wednesday, December 22, 2021
by R. M. Fergus, Clergy Stuff
I love Anna. I love that Luke names her, calls her a prophetess, and sends her out happily proclaiming that Jesus has arrived. One of my childhood Sunday school teachers was an Anna to me (though she was hardly elderly at the time, I was a kid and she was my parents’ age—that made her old!) She had such faith, and witnessed so beautifully. I credit her with so much of my faith formation. We all need Annas in our lives, speaking God’s word to us and calling us to do the same for others.
Who are the Annas in my life?