Tag: Luke 2:22-40

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  A Blessing of Candles for the Feast of the Presentation

  January 28, 2014

  The Feast of the Presentation, celebrated on February 2, is one of the major feasts in the church year. It is sometimes known as Candlemas or the Feast of the Purification. This feast is celebrated forty days after Christmas and commemorates the presentation of Jesus and the purification of Mary in the Jerusalem temple (Luke Read more
• Blindness and Seeing, A Sermon on Luke 2:22-40

  February 1, 2013

  Let me tell you a little bit about Simeon, some things you may not know, some things that might surprise you. Simeon is often identified as one of the seventy Hebrew scholars who translated the Old Testament from Hebrew to Greek, what we know as the Septuagent. He surely was aware of Malachi’s prophecy, “The Lord Read more
• Longing – A Reflection on the Feast of the Presentation, Luke 2:22-40

  February 2, 2011

  The collect and readings for the Feast of the Presentation may be found here. The story of Jesus’ presentation in the temple is found in Luke 2:22-40. —– They met in the temple, Mary and Joseph, Anna, Simeon, Jesus. How did they get there? What brought them to that place of meeting? What brings us Read more
• A Sermon for The Feast of the Presentation (Candlemas)

  February 4, 2010

  The Feast of the Presentation of our Lord in the Temple was February 2. It is a fixed date feast always falling forty days after Christmas. The collect and readings for the feast may be found here. The appointed gospel is Luke 2:22-40: 22When the time came for their purification according to the law of Read more
• Who is Presenting Whom?

  February 2, 2010

  Guided by the Spirit, Simeon came into the temple; and when the parents brought in the child Jesus, to do for him what was customary under the law, Simeon took him in his arms and praised God, saying, “Master, now you are dismissing your servant in peace, according to your word; for my eyes have Read more