Midway between Christmas and Holy Week, we celebrate the Presentation of Jesus in the Temple. This is also popularly known as "Candelaria"... following the theme of Jesus as the Light of the world, as proclaimed by Simeon. Indeed, Jesus is the light of our life. Without him, we would not see our way clearly, just as the absence of a lamp post makes it difficult to see the road ahead of us. Moreoever, the absence of light makes us afraid of the dark. So it is when Jesus is absent in our life, we are afraid because the immensity of our problems do weigh us down. And because we are afraid, we just stop moving, moving on, with our life. But with Jesus with us, we can move, we can do almost anything that we thought we could not do if he were not with us.
On this day of His Presentation, we say: Thank you, Lord, for your light. May we follow your light always...
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