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THE FIRST ENTRY of Jesus into the temple is proclaimed to us in Luke 2: 22-40. The first reading of today's liturgy tells us, "Suddenly he will enter his temple" (Mal 3: 1-4). The one who enters the temple is a human being with flesh like ours: having our same blood and our same flesh, he shares in our condition (cf. Heb 2: 14-18). This is the first time since that fateful afternoon in Eden that our human flesh enters justified into the Father's house. Centuries have passed, and now the promise is fulfilled.
Now there was a man in Jerusalem whose name was Simeon; this man was righteous and devout, looking forward to the consolation of Israel, and the Holy Spirit rested on him. It had been revealed to him by the Holy Spirit that he would not see death before he had seen the Lord's Messiah. Guided by the Spirit, Simeon came into the temple; and when the parents brought in the child Jesus, to do for him what was customary under the law, Simeon took him in his arms and praised God, saying,