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= The Holy Gospel of our Lord Je - sus Christ ac-cord-ing to Luke. + Glo-ry to you, Lord Christ.

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When the time came for their purification according to the law of Moses, Jesus’ parents / they

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brought him up to Jerusalem to pre-sent him to the Lord 23 (as it is written in the law of the

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Lord, “Every firstborn male shall be designated as holy to the Lord”), 24 and they offered a sac-

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rifice according to what is stat-ed in the law of the Lord, “a pair of turtledoves or two young

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pi-geons.” 25 ¶ Now there was a man in Jerusalem whose name was Sim-e - on; this man was

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right-eous and de-vout, looking forward to the con-so- la-tion of Is- ra- el, and the Holy Spirit

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rest-ed on him. 26 It had been revealed to him by the Holy Spirit that he would not see death be-

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fore he had seen the Lord’s Mes-si-ah. 27 Guid-ed by the Spir-it, Simeon came into the tem -

The Presentation (Feb. 2) abc rcl Luke 2:22-40 (nrsv)

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ple; and when the par-ents brought in the child Je-sus, to do for him what was cus-tom-ar - y

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un-der the law, 28 Simeon took him in his arms and praised God, say-ing, 29 “Mas - ter, now

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you are dis-mis-sing your ser-vant in peace, according to your word; 30 for my eyes have seen

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your sal-va-tion, 31 which you have pre-pared in the pres-ence of all peo-ples, 32 a light for reve -

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lation to the Gentiles and for glory to your people Is - ra - el.” 33 ¶ And the child’s father and

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mother were amazed at what was being said a-bout him. 34 Then Simeon blessed them and said

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to his moth-er Mar-y, “This child is destined for the falling and the rising of many in Israel,

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and to be a sign that will be op-posed 35 so that the inner thoughts of man-y will be re-vealed—

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and a sword will pierce your own soul too.” 36 ¶ There was also a prophet, Anna the daughter Luke 2:22-40 (Presentation abc rcl) Page 2

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• f Phanuel, of the tribe of Ash-er. She was of a great age, having lived with her husband seven

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years after her marriage, 37 then as a widow to the age of eight-y-four. She never left the temple

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but worshiped there with fasting and prayer night and day. 38 At that moment she came, and

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began to praise God and to speak about the child to all who were looking for the redemption

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• f Je- ru- sa- lem. 39 ¶ When they had finished ev’-ry-thing re-quired by the law of the Lord,

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they returned to Galilee, to their own town of Naz- a - reth. 40 The child grew and became

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strong, filled with wis-dom; and the fa-vor of God was up - on him.

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= The Gospel of the Lord. + Praise to you, Lord Christ.

Prepared by William G. Gartig January 30, 2011

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