Today's Gospel gives us a picture of the Presentation of Jesus in the Temple, familiar to us as the fourth Joyful Mystery of the Rosary. 40 days after the birth of Jesus, Mary and Joseph came to present him to the Lord, as prescribed by the law of Moses, but the occasion was enhanced by the presence of the old Simeon, a devout and righteous man who, evidently, "lived in the Spirit." He had been told by the Spirit that he would not die until he had seen the "Christ of the Lord," the Messiah. He saw that Jesus was that promised Messiah, praised God and predicted his mission and the pain it would cause Mary. The Spirit helped him to see clearly and to speak without fear.
We might have experienced the same calm, the same courage when we have prayed to the Spirit, even felt that the words we spoke or wrote did not come from us, but from him...If so, then give thanks, as did Simeon; if not, the pray that the Spirit might become more active in our lives.
Bro. Rene
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