Candlemas Prayer

Prayer Inspired by the Example of Simeon

Dear Jesus,
the old Law command that women
who had given birth to a child
should be purified
by offering God a pair of turtle doves
or two young pigeons.

Make us become a living victim for You,
Who made Yourself a victim for our sakes:
that thus You,
who came not to destroy,
but to fulfill the law,
may graciously infuse into us
the riches of the grace of the gospel.