Presentation of the Lord

Many of us spend a lot of time waiting. We wait for the baby to be born, we wait for our children to grow up and be independent, we wait for our retirement, we also have to wait for people who are late, we wait for the bus or train and whatever. But many a times, whatever we are waiting for shows up sooner or later.

In today’s Gospel, we see Simeon and Anna waiting, they had waited for a long time, and finally their hope was fulfilled. When Mary and Joseph presented Jesus in the Temple, God's ancient promise of sending a Saviour was fulfilled with the presentation of Jesus in the Temple. God has come to save His people and the blessing and lighting of candles and the procession is to symbolise that the light of salvation is already shining on the Church and on the world. The light of salvation is shining and yet we still wait. We wait for the day we can finally be with the Lord eternally.

Until we are finally together again with the Lord, let us, like Mary and Joseph, Simeon and Anna, wait for the Lord in prayer and be ready to do His will when He calls.