February 2025

Today’s Gospel (Luke 2:22-40) says: “… they brought [Jesus] up to Jerusalem to present him to the Lord, as it is written in the law of the Lord, “Every firstborn male shall be designated as holy to the Lord.” The actual ritual is not described, but we are introduced to two elderly people who were […]

Faith is the key theme for today’s readings.  Paul (Hebrews 11:1-2, 8-19) reminds the Hebrews (and us) of the great faith that Abraham and Isaac and Jacob possessed.  Their faith sustained them during the times when they did not “receive what had been promised” to them, what they hoped for – the Messiah – because