OUR FAITHBOOK -SUNDAYs GOSPEL - FEB. 2, 2014- WHEN THE DAY CAME FOR THE PURIFICATION ACCORDING TO THE LAW OF MOSES, THEY BROUGHT THE BABY UP TO JERUSALEM TO PRESENT HIM TO THE LORD, AS IT IS WRITTEN IN THE LAW OF THE LORD : EVERY FIRSTBORN MALE SHALL BE CONSECRATED TO GOD. AND THEY OFFERED A SACRIFICE AS ORDERED IN THE LAW OF THE LORD : A PAIR OF TURTLEDOVES OR TWO YOUNG PIGEONS. THERE LIVED IN JERUSALEM AT THIS TIME, A VERY UPRIGHT MAN NAMED SIMEON: THE HOLY SPIRIT WAS IN HIM. HE LOOKED FORWARD TO THE TIME WHEN THE LORD WOULD COMFORT ISRAEL: AND HE HAD BEEN ASSURED BY THE HOLY SPIRIT THAT HE WOULD NOT DIE BEFORE SEEING THE MESSIAH OF THE LORD. SO HE WAS LED INTO THE TEMPLE BY THE HOLY SPIRIT AT THE TIME THE PARENTS BROUGHT THE CHILD JESUS TO DO FOR HIM ACCORDING TO THE CUSTOM OF THE LAW. SIMEON TOOK THE CHILD IN HIS ARMS & BLESSED GOD SAYING: NOW LORD, YOU CAN DISMISS YOUR SERVANT IN PEACE FOR YOU HAVE FULFILLED YOUR WORD & MY EYES HAVE SEEN YOUR SALVATION w/c YOU DISPLAY FOR ALL THE PEOPLE TO SEE. HERE IS THE LIGHT YOU WILL REVEAL TO THE NATIONS & THe GLORY OF YOUR PEOPLE ISRAEL. HIS FATHER & MOTHER WONDERED AT WHAT WAS SAID ABOUT THE CHILD. SIMEON BLESSED THEM & MARY, KNOW THIS; YOUR SON IS A SIGN; A SIGN ESTABLISHED FOR THE FALLING & RISING OF MANY IN ISRAEL, A SIGN OF CONTRADICTION & A SWORD WILL PIERCE YOUR OWN SOUL, SO THAT OUT OF MANY HEARTS, THOUGHTS MAYBE REVEALED ... WHEN THE PARENTS HAD FULFILLED ALL THAT WAS REQUIRED BY THE LAW OF THE LORD, THEY RETURNED TO THEIR TOWN NAZARETH IN GALILEE. THERE THE CHILD GREW IN STATURE & STRENGTH & WAS FILLED W/ WISDOM; THE GRACE OF GOD WAS UPON HIM. ( Gospel of St. Luke Chapter 2:22) Happy Sunday and Godbless us all. !!
Posted on: Sun, 02 Feb 2014 04:55:16 +0000
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