FAITHLINK: Catholic Mass Readings: The Fifth Day in the Octave of Christmas, Thursday 12.29.16 – USCCB/NABRV
“When the days were completed for their purification
according to the law of Moses,
the parents of Jesus took him up to Jerusalem
to present Him to the Lord … in accordance with the dictate in the law of the Lord.
… there was a man in Jerusalem whose name was Simeon.
… 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 Christ of the Lord.
He came in the Spirit into the temple;
… He took him into his arms and blessed God, saying:
‘Lord, now let your servant go in peace;
your word has been fulfilled:
my own eyes have seen the salvation
which you prepared in the sight of every people,
a light to reveal you to the nations
and the glory of your people Israel.’ …”