The Feast of the Purification of the Blessed Virgin Mary with Bishop Giles Butler, OFM

Jesus is the Light of the World! In this episode, His Excellency and Sister Catherine talk about the meaning of this great feast.  The Gospel for this feast is taken from St. Luke, 2:22-32. "Let us imitate the holy Simeon, and be ever grateful for all the crosses and burdens of this life, as we look forward to the great and glorious coming of our Savior Jesus Christ. His life was a long one as he anxiously awaited the fulfillment of God's promise to him. We, too, have been given a wonderful promise from God. He invites us to receive Him in the Holy Eucharist. There He will transform us and restore spiritual life to our souls. He will make us one with Him. All that will await us after this is the completion of this union in Heaven. Once we have received Him into our bodies, as Simeon received Him into his arms, may we just as readily turn away from this world as Simeon did. Let us pray with Simeon to dismiss us from this world once we have born our crosses and burdens of this life for the love of, and in the imitation of Jesus; and then have worthily received Him into our hearts and souls in Holy Communion." ~Bishop Giles Butler, OFM DD