Explanation:
REFLECTION
The elderly around the parish remind me of Simeon and of Anna, elderly figures. They come into the gospel just for a short time, a bit like Joseph, Zechariah and Elizabeth. Each of them has their bit to say about the coming of the Lord, just like each person we meet says something of God. All are witnesses of the patient search for God in their lives. The elderly can give to the church the security of a life-time’s faithfulness and an awareness of God which comes to someone when the time of death seems near.
