The shorter form of the gospel for today’s feast simply drops the Lukan account of the prophet Anna (Lk 2:36-38), thus rendering her presence at the presentation of Jesus in the temple “optional”.
Posts Tagged Egeria
I wish it were more possible for us to observe the Christian calendar with its rhythm of fasts and feasts, ever calling us out of the humdrum of endless work weeks and into that other time which is God’s time.