Jean, you rank as one of the most insightful people I know!

I, too, heard this reading yesterday, and never caught that. (Of course, I
was nearly too sick to be there...have a horrible virus that really has got
me down....)


>Today, when I heard the readings for the feast of the Holy Family, I
>couldn't help thinking of the current brouha over 5+ year olds still
>nursing.
>
>Read I Samuel 1:20-28. Hannah must not have weaned Samuel till he was
>near the age of reason, as she got no objection from Eli when she left
>him in the temple in Eli's care, to serve the Lord thereafter.
>
>Jean
>****************
>K. Jean Cotterman RNC, IBCLC
>Dayton, Ohio USA
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