Feast of the Presentation of the Lord

"...a light for revelation to the Gentiles,
and glory for your people Israel."

~Luke 2:32

“Christ himself says, ‘I am the light of the world.’ And we are the light, we ourselves, if we receive it from him.... But how do we receive it, how do we make it shine? ...[T]he candle tells us: by burning, and being consumed in the burning. A spark of fire, a ray of love, an inevitable immolation are celebrated over that pure, straight candle, as, pouring forth its gift of light, it exhausts itself in silent sacrifice.”  ~Pope Paul VI

Dear Lord Jesus, on this gladsome feast of Your presentation in the temple, I ask for the grace to exhaust myself in silent sacrifice.  O, consume me in the fire of Your love!  Amen.