Thursday, 2/2/17
The Gospel says, “When the days
were completed for their purification according to the Law of Moses, Mary took
Jesus up to Jerusalem.” For Mary there had to be a ritual of purification after
her supposedly having been made unclean in giving birth. For Jesus the ritual
was a presentation. The first-born son, representing all the children to be
born in that family, was presented to God; then bought back with a pair of
doves.
We
like to feel the pride of Mary and Joseph as they brought the beautiful boy
to the tmple, as they lovingly fixed the coverlet around his head.
What might strike you in this
narrative is that the priest and all the other temple people failed to notice
anything different about Mary and Jesus. It was only the aged Simeon and Anna
who recognized our Savior.
One time when I was speaking about
this to the kids at Mass I pointed out the holiness of the elderly people who
came to Mass every day. The kids said to me, “But they don’t like us. They give
us dirty looks.” But, that couldn’t be true.
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