And a sword will pierce your own soul. ~ Simeon in the Gospel of Luke 2
Today is the Presentation of the Lord or Candlemas in the Catholic Church. I was able to attend mass and the congregation processed in with our candles singing. The readings were about the presentation of Jesus in the temple with Simeon and Anna rejoicing that they have seen their Saviour.
For those who have been in love with anyone, you know that by loving you open yourself up to the potential of pain. When Simeon warns Mary that her soul will pierced, she has no idea what that will mean. Most of us would not want to know what is going to cause us pain in advance. I had a great chat this week with a friend who was telling me if she had to pick problems out of a jar, she would still pick her own over someone else’s. She was telling me an incredible story about loving her child. I could feel though how a sword was also piercing her heart. That is the cost of love—it ain’t cheap!!
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