Eight is the biblical number of a new beginning. David was the eighth son of Jesse. His rise to the throne of Israel marked a new epoch in the history of salvation.
I did my dissertation on the Jubilee Year, which also occurred on the "eighth" year of a week-of-years. It was the supreme renewal of Israel social and religious life, like pressing the "reset" button on society.
Dawn and I have a lot of joy over this eighth child. The baby is like a divine gift of renewal as we get older.
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CONGRATULATIONS!!!! Praises to the Lord for the gift of new life!!!
Glory be to Jesus Christ! Congratulations! I am sorry that you will not be coming to Latrobe this year.
Congratulations. Are you going to name him David, or Jubilee?
I kinda like 'Qumran'; appropriate for a girl or a boy!
There is an Israeli scholar who gave himself the last name "Qimron" ... But actually we're looking for Dutch Catholic names, so feel free to suggest if you know of any ...
Congratulations Dr. Bergsma!
As far as name suggestions, how about Titus after Bl. Titus Brandsma?
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Titus_Brandsma
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