The Presentation of the Lord – Feast
Gospel – Luke 2:22-40
“My eyes have seen your salvation”. This is the point of departure of every vocation knowingly or unknowingly. When we find that all point of our life is in one person, Jesus Christ, then everything become relative on this person. When Simeon sees the baby Jesus, he is satisfied, he is fulfilled because he was waiting all his life to this moment. The moment to meet with his Lord, Jesus Christ. It’s so appropriate that we celebrate the feast of all consecrated persons on this date. Because like Simeon, we have found that only thing valuable in our life is the relationship with our Lord, Jesus Christ. Carefully meditate the words of Simeon, “Now, Master, you can let your servant go in peace, just as you promised; because my eyes have seen the salvation which you have prepared for all the nations to see, a light to enlighten the pagans and the glory of your people Israel”. With his own eyes he recognized all of these in Jesus Christ. Now it’s our turn, especially we who dedicated fully our life to Jesus. Someone can ask us, “why are you doing this with your life?” Our answer is the same: because my eyes have seen the salvation which you have prepared for all the nations to see, a light to enlighten the pagans and the glory of each person in creation. Let’s reflect: It’s important that our commitment to Jesus is based on our personal recognition of Jesus as the light of each person in darkness.
Friday 2 February
