Presentation of our Lord

Candlemas…. The Purification of Mary… The Presentation of our Lord at the Temple. A feast of the church since the fourth century, today we celebrate one of the great Canticles or hymns of the church, the song of Simeon or the Nunc Dimittis. “Lord, let your servant now depart in peace…” The righteous man Simeon, in Luke chapter 2, sees the Messiah and tells the Lord, he can now die in peace. After years of waiting, he has seen the salvation of the Lord. Waiting… One of the hardest things to do.