Sermon for the Purification of Mary and Presentation of Our Lord, AD 2025

Second, we see Joseph and Mary’s faith in that they were always diligent in worship. We might think of the Jews as a people who universally observed all of God’s laws, but that was not the case at all. Especially in the north in Galilee, where the holy family lived, there was known to be a general lax attitude when it came to religion. Mary and Joseph don’t let their distance, their poverty, or the danger keep them from following God’s commands and receiving His promises in the temple. How much more for us, who don’t have to go far, who can get to church quite easily and are relatively wealthy in comparison? How much more for us, we who have the completion of all God’s promises in His Son, Jesus Christ?