Today is the Feast of the Presentation of our Lord when the Gift of Jesus is gratefully received from God and acknowledged by Jesus’ parents.  It is a rich feast in which the cycle of gift and grateful response to God are played out and Luke uses the event to explain and declare just what this gift of Jesus will entail - for Israel and us all.

About the Speaker: Father Michael Kelly is a Jesuit priest and English language publisher of the respected Jesuit periodical, La Civilta Cattolica.

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