And at the end of eight days, when he was circumcised, he was called
Jesus, the name given by the angel before he was conceived in the womb.
And when the time came for their purification according to the law of Moses,
they brought him up to Jerusalem to present him to the Lord (as it is written
in the law of the Lord, 'Every male that opens the womb shall be called
holy to the Lord') and to offer a sacrifice according to what is said in
the law of the Lord, 'a pair of turtledoves, or two young pigeons’ (Lk 2:21-24).
According to the Catechism of the Catholic Church, "Jesus' circumcision, on the eighth day after his birth, is the sign of his incorporation into Abraham's descendants, into the people of the covenant. It is the sign of his submission to the Law" (CCC, 527). And in this submission to the Law, He fulfills it!
While meditating on the Presentation, say
one Our Father, 10 Hail Mary’s, and a Glory Be.
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