Monday, February 2, 2015

The Presentation of the Lord

Today, 2 February 2015, the Church celebrates the Presentation of the Lord.  In the readings from today, the prophet Malachi says:
And suddenly there will come to the temple the LORD whom you seek, And the messenger of the covenant whom you desire.


The Gospel tells us:
Mary and Joseph took Jesus up to Jerusalem
to present him to the Lord,
just as it is written in the law of the Lord,
Every male that opens the womb shall be consecrated to the Lord,
and to offer the sacrifice of
a pair of turtledoves or two young pigeons,
in accordance with the dictate in the law of the Lord.

Jesus is brought to the Temple to fulfill the prescriptions of the Law.  He who in and of himself is the fulfillment of the Law and the Prophets is brought to the Temple, and is recognized by Simeon and Anna.

May we who have become Temples of the Lord lift high our lintels to let him enter.  Who is the king of Glory?  It is the Lord.



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