- 1 Samuel 2:18-21 Samual as a boy in the temple
- Psalm 148:1-14 Praise for God’s universal glory
- Colossians 3:12-17 Clothe yourselves with compassion
- Luke 2:41-52 The boy Jesus in the temple
This new way of life, the Christian way, is expressed by Paul’s metaphor of clothing — put on compassion, etc. We see it growing there in the childhood of Jesus, at home in the Temple, discussing the Hebrew scriptures. Samuel took Israel through a crucial transition in its life, the transition into nationhood. And like Samuel, Jesus inaugurates a new age in the Light of the World.