In the birth narratives about Jesus, we meet Simeon and Anna ... God’s comfort is intended to reach ever outward. Anna didn’t wait to see how Christ’s life unfolded before spreading the ...

Yes, Simeon undergoes a profound mystical experience. The Holy Spirit has assured him that he’ll see the messiah in his lifetime. We receive no such lesson regarding Anna. In both cases, however, ...

Through their example, we see what it means to wait faithfully for Jesus amid life’s messiness, whether personal or political. Anna and Simeon lived on the margins in a world controlled by Roman ...

The amazed joy of Simeon and Anna at encountering and ... “But we must embrace Jesus in adoration and ask for eyes that know how to see good and see God’s ways. If we welcome Christ with ...

Anna and Simeon at the Turn of the Ages Before the arrival of the Messiah, the faithful of Jesus’ day had every ... that look at the church and only see its failures. They deem it corrupt ...

"Brothers and sisters, let us contemplate God's patience and implore the trusting patience of Simeon and also Anna. In this way, may our eyes, too, see the ... as a symbol of Jesus Christ ...

on which Jesus, a first-born Jewish son, was presented at the Temple in Jerusalem. During this visit, two devout elders, Simeon and Anna, see the child and praise him extravagantly. Simeon holds ...

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