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The Elder Simeon and the Savior!

Let the little children come to me, and do not forbid them, for such is the Kingdom

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Waiting for your birthday,waiting for a friend to

come over, waiting for school to get out, waiting fordinner to be ready.

Were always waiting for something. But imagine

waiting for something bigger. Imagine waiting for

heaven to open. Imagine waiting for Christ to be

born. Imagine waiting for somebody to save the

world!

Today is one of the 12 Great Feasts of our Orthodox

Church. Today we celebrate the Presentation of our

Lord into the Temple. When baby Jesus was still a

baby, only 40 days old, His parents took Him to the

Temple for the first time. The elder there was

named Simeon, and he was very old. He was wait-

ing. Waiting for the Savior. All his life he had been

waiting.

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