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February 2


Candlemas, the Feast of the Presentation of our Lord in the Temple in the Episcopal Church or Meeting of the Lord in the Orthodox Church. Read the whole story in the Gospel according to Luke (Luke 2: 21-38).

A poem for the day:

Nunc dimittis

Now old Simeon can sing his song!
This is the baby, this is the Lord!
This is the King we have been waiting for,
Now old Simeon can sing his song!

Now old Simeon can sing his song:
A baby - every mother's ordinary light of the world,
But, my Lord, this is the Lord!
Now old Smeon can sing his song!

Now old Simeon can sing his song,
Light and glory, salvation and heart-sword:
This baby here - this is the Lord!
Now old Simeon can sing his song!
          (from Handful of Stars, © 2018)

And a very Happy Birthday to St. Hilda's and St. Hugh's School, NYC


And it's Ground Hog Day! 
Punxsutatawney Phil predicts an early Spring . . . hope you're right, Phil!

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