When the days were completed for their purification according to the law of Moses, the parents of Jesus took him up to Jerusalem to present him to the Lord, just as it is written in the law of the Lord. Every male that opens the word shall be consecrated to the Lord, and to offer the sacrifice of a pair of turtledoves or two young pigeons in accordance with the dictate in the law of the Lord.
Now there was a man in Jerusalem whose name was Simeon. This man was righteous and devout, awaiting the consolation of Israel, and the Holy Spirit was upon him. It had been revealed to him by the Holy Spirit that he should not see death before he had seen the Christ of the Lord. He came in the Spirit into the temple and when the parents brought in the child Jesus to perform the custom of the law in regard to him, he took him into his arms and blessed God, saying.
"Lord, now let your servant go in peace,
your word has been fulfilled:
my own eyes have seen the salvation/
which you prepared in the sight of every people,
a light to reveal you to the nations
and the glory of your people Israel."
The child's father and mother were amazed at what was said about him; and Simeon blessed them and said to Mary his mother,
"Behold this child is destined for the fall and rise of many in Israel,
and to be a sign that will be contradicted
(and you yourself a sword will pierce)
so that the thoughts of many hearts may be revealed."
The Gospel of the Lord.
1 Cor. 13: 1 [Paul's song of love:] If I speak in human or angelic tongues but do not have love, I am resounding gong or a clanging cymbal. * * * * [ 9] For we know partially and prophesy partially, [10] but when the perfect comes, the partial will pass away. [11] When I was a child, I used to talk as a child, think as a child, reason as a child; when I became a man, I put aside childish things. [12] At present we see indistinctly, as in a mirror, but then [when the perfect comes] face to face. I know partially but then I shall know fully, as I am fully known. [13] So faith, hope, love remain, these three, but the greatest of these is love.
and you yourself a sword will pierce. I know partially. The Blessed Mother will know anguish (the Passion and Death) but then I shall know fully as I am fully known (in the end great joy (the Resurrection).).
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