Sermon for the Feast of the Presentation by Fr. BIrch Rambo

 
Luke 2:29-32
“Now, master, let your servant go in peace according to your word,
because my eyes have seen your salvation.
You prepared this salvation in the presence of all peoples.
It’s a light for revelation to the Gentiles
and a glory for your people Israel.”

Father Birch preached an amazing sermon today, just what I needed to hear given the darkness that has descended around us. 23:46-37:25

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aVhHUthW8Qk

Sermon for the Feast of the Presentation

"Today is Candlemas, the Feast of the Presentation of our Lord Jesus Christ at the Temple. Since the mid 300's, the Church has celebrated Mary and Joseph's keeping of the Law and Simeon's Spirit-inspired song of light and freedom... "

After speaking about that event, and how like Simeon and Anna, many are still waiting for redemption and hope, Fr. Birch picks up the Host at 36:12. "Light is weird. Sometimes its one thing, sometimes it's another, depending upon what we're looking for. Always both. Sometimes wave, sometimes particle. Sometimes man, sometimes God. Sometimes matter, sometimes spirit. Always both, and by the time we see it, it has already happened. It contains every color of the rainbow. It has moved through the universe since the universe began. Take the light out with you. LEt it grow, and become strong, and fill you with wisdom. God show the world that the night is past, winter is over, and even though the world is cold and dark, the light has come."