Today, in Luke’s Gospel, we hear of a widow named Anna who never left the Temple area. She worshipped God through fasting and prayer day and night. Anna did this due to a calling she felt from God, since she would not have been able to persevere in such deep devotion without her faith. While many were not able to recognize Jesus as the Son of God in the midst of his public ministry, Anna and Simeon instantly recognized Jesus as the child who would bring redemption to the people of Israel as foretold by the prophets. We're told that Anna was a prophetess herself: her act of love and prophecy call out to us today.
Where is God calling us to live out our faith? Where are we called to go beyond the bare minimum? Just as Anna saw Jesus' true identity in the child Jesus who was brought to the Temple by his family in accordance to Jewish law for the Jewish purification ritual, where do we see Jesus in our world today? Where is Jesus present among us?
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