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The Chibi News Daily Reflection
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Hello, I'm Micah Vicar in the Church of England. Forty days after Christmas, Mary and Joseph come to the temple in Jerusalem
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as is the custom, to present their firstborn son to God. Compared to Christmas, it looks so utterly ordinary
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No angels, no music, just a poor couple and a child that nobody notices
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but within is an elderly man who does, Simeon. And Simeon's waited his whole life for this moment
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and what he sees through the eyes of faith is something extraordinary. This baby is God's
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promised salvation. He's a light for the world but Simeon also sees something unsettling
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this child will be opposed because his light will reveal what's going on in human hearts
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That's what the presentation of Christ or candlemas is about. It's about light, hence all the candles, and what Christ's light exposes
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See, most of us like the idea of light as long as it's gentle, mellow, reassuring
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but real light shows things as they are. It shows us ourselves
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Christ's light can be uncomfortable because it shows us what lies in the dark corners of our hearts
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But he comes as a rescuer for those on whom his light shines
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Candlemas asks us a simple question. Will we come into the light and receive Christ's salvation
