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Ponder this virtue and ask God's grace to achieve it:
Virtue: Obedience.
To remember the theme of the 1st Joyful Mystery, add sacrificed
after Jesus' name in each Hail Mary Prayer.
Holy Name: Jesus sacrificed.
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Announce:
The Presentation
When the time came... they
brought the child Jesus to Jerusalem to present Him to God at the
temple, according to the law of Moses. Simeon took Jesus
into his arms and praised God.
Meditate:
Obedient
to God, Mary and Joseph "gave" their Son to God. The old man,
Simeon, and the old woman, Anna, had waited and prayed so long for this
day. On that day, God's promises were fulfilled.
Ask:
I ask
you, God, for eyes of faith. I ask You for the strengthening of my
commitment to obey and completely surrender myself to You. I ask for
the renewal of my hope. I ask that my waiting is rewarded with a
heart filed with joy, as were Simeon's and Anna's.
Heed Mary's
present-day message from Medjugorje:
"Dear
children, today I am calling you to complete surrender to God. Everything
you do and everything you possess give over to God so that He can take
control of your life as the King of all that you possess. That way,
through me, God can lead you into the depths of the spiritual life. . .
."~ MoM, July
25, 1988
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Scripture
Reading, Luke 2: 25-32:
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
Messiah 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:
"Now, Master, you may let your servant go
in peace, according to your word,
for my eyes have seen your salvation,
which you prepared in sight of all the peoples,
a light for revelation to the Gentiles,
and glory for your people Israel."
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