Saint Gertrude Parish - Lasne

Hope is the virtue of the young at heart; and here, age is irrelevant. For there are also elderly people with eyes full of light, who live with a constant yearning for the future. Let us think of those two great old people in the Gospel, Simeon and Anna: they never tired of waiting and saw the final stretch of their journey blessed by their encounter with the Messiah, whom they recognized in Jesus, taken to the Temple by his parents. What a grace it would be if it were so for all of us! If, after a long pilgrimage, laying down our satchels and staff, our hearts were filled with a joy never before experienced, and we too could exclaim: “Now, O Lord, you may let your servant depart in peace, according to your word, for my eyes have seen your salvation, which you have prepared in the sight of all peoples: a light for revelation to the Gentiles, and for glory to your people Israel.” (Luke 2:29-32).