Presentation of the Lord Feast
Forty days after Christmas, the child is brought to the temple at Jerusalem. Simeon takes him in his arms and asks to depart in peace (Luke 2:29), and Anna, eighty-four years a widow, speaks of him to everyone waiting.
When it falls
Tuesday
The verses for the day
The place
Jerusalem
Jerusalem is the holiest city in Judaism and Christianity, central to the biblical narrative. King David captured it and made it his capital, and his son Solomon built the First Temple there. It was the site of Jesus' crucifixion, resurrection, and the birth of the Christian church at Pentecost. The city has been destroyed and rebuilt multiple times throughout history.
