The Presentation of Our Lord Jesus Christ
Friday 2 February 2018
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Malachi 3:1-4 (NRSV)
See, I am sending my messenger to prepare the way before me, and the Lord whom you seek will suddenly come to his temple. The messenger of the covenant in whom you delight—indeed, he is coming, says the Lord of hosts. But who can endure the day of his coming, and who can stand when he appears? For he is like a refiner’s fire and like fullers’ soap; he will sit as a refiner and purifier of silver, and he will purify the descendants of Levi and refine them like gold and silver, until they present offerings to the Lord in righteousness. Then the offering of Judah and Jerusalem will be pleasing to the Lord as in the days of old and as in former years.
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This is an odd reading for the feast of the Presentation. It speaks of the one who will prepare the way for Messiah to come. This feast marks the coming of Messiah and brings the celebration of the birth of the Christ to a close. There is, of course, that piece about finding the Messiah in the Temple. Nonethless, I can't see preaching on this at this feast.
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Fr. Timothy Alleman
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