Jesus Is Presented in the Temple
Reflection on the Gospel of the Thursday In The Fourth Week Of Ordinary Time PRESENTATION OF THE LORD Luke 2: 22-40 People visited the Temple to worship, do their sacrificial obligation, spend time in prayer. The Temple was the place of God’s presence, but now Jesus was here, God really and physically present among […]
Jesus Is Presented in the Temple
Reflection on the Gospel of the Tuesday In Christmas Time Luke 2:21-24 The one who was worshipped in the temple, and to whom the sacrifices were made, to whom allegiance was sworn is the one who was being brought to the temple, as a babe, to be circumcised and purified and to be offered […]
Jesus Is Presented in the Temple
Reflection on the Gospel of the Fifth Day (Thursday) In The Octave of Christmas Luke 2: 22-35 The Saviour was born, the dreams, the angel appearances and the immediate events had already unveiled the role Mother Mary and St Joseph’s would have in Salvation History. Yet they remained humble and obeyed every Instruction and […]
Jesus Is Presented in the Temple
Reflection on the Gospel of the Fifth Day (Wednesday) In The Octave of Christmas Luke 2:22-35 Mary and Joseph come to the Temple for the purification rite, and offer a poor Person’s offering; a pair of turtledoves or two young pigeons. Jesus as Mary’s First Born (that does not mean Mary had other children), requires […]