You're listening to I Pray with the Gospel on the St. Jose Maria Institute podcast.

In the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit, amen.

My Lord and my God, I firmly believe that you are here, that you see me, that you hear me.

I adore you with profound reverence.

Ask your pardon for my sins and the grace to make this time a prayer fruitful.

My Immaculate Mother, St. Joseph, my Father and Lord, my guardian angel, intercede for me.

The Feast of the Presentation of the Lord. A reading from the Gospel of Luke, Chapter 2.

Now there was a man in Jerusalem whose name was Simeon, and this man was righteous and devout,

looking for the consolation of Israel,

and the Holy Spirit was upon him. And it had been revealed to him by the Holy Spirit that he should not

see death before he had seen the Lord's Christ. He took up in his arms, and blessed God, and said,

Lord, now letst thou thy servant depart in peace.

He followed the inspiration of the Holy Spirit,

and the promise was fulfilled.

A long life was crowned with that encounter.

You can imagine old Simeon,

so many years dreaming about it,

wondering what the child and his parents would look like.

When he saw the child coming into the temple in the arms of Mary, he asked to hold him

in his arms too.

Joseph was a bit wary at the sight of the old weak man, but the man full of faith and love

insisted, Now I can die, he said.

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