Friends, it’s easy enough to sentimentalize the Feast of the Presentation. But we oughtn’t to, because this story is getting at, if I can put it this way, a hard truth. And the clue is given to us in the first reading, which is from the prophet Malachi: “And suddenly there will come to the temple the LORD whom you seek.”
Mass Readings:
Reading 1 — Malachi 3:1-4
Psalm — Psalm 24:7, 8, 9, 10
Reading 2 — Hebrews 2:14-18
Gospel — Luke 2:22-40 or 2:22-32
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