1. Wednesday Gospel Webinar
Portsmouth Diocese – Formation for Mission

2. Come Holy Spirit, fill the hearts of your faithful and kindle in them the fire of your love. Send forth your Spirit and they shall be created. And You shall renew the face of the earth.
O, God, who by the light of the Holy Spirit, did instruct the hearts of the faithful, grant that by the same Holy Spirit we may be truly wise and ever enjoy His consolations, Through Christ Our Lord, Amen.

3. Literal meaning
Where? Luke 2 – infancy narratives – in Jerusalem, in the Temple
When? 40 days after birth and 33 days after circumcision of Jesus
What? Purification of Mary and presentation of Jesus
Who? Mary, Joseph, child Jesus, Simeon, Anna
How? Obeying the Law of Moses
Why? Revelation, fulfilment, vocation

4. Seeing Salvation As promised In obedience / fulfilment to the Law
In poverty and in secret
In light, glory and suffering
Through the Holy Spirit
In faith and hope

5. Finding God In the Temple God’s own offering The sign of contradiction
The comforter
Father, Son and Holy spirit

6. Finding the human person
Attitudes of faith, hope and love
Obedience and humility
Self-offering joined to God’s offering
The devout Simeon and Anna
Consecration
Living with Salvation

7. Finding the Church Life in the Holy Spirit: faith, hope and love
The offering of the Church
The Temple of the Lord
The Motherhood and model of Mary
Consecrated Life

9. Mary, Virgin and Mother,
you who, moved by the Holy Spirit,
welcomed the word of life
in the depths of your humble faith:
as you gave yourself completely to the Eternal One,
help us to say our own “yes”
to the urgent call, as pressing as ever,
to proclaim the good news of Jesus.
Mother of the living Gospel,
wellspring of happiness for God’s little ones,
pray for us.
Amen. Alleluia.

10. Acknowledgments
Mosaics artworks: © Fr Marko Rupnik and Centro Aletti
With gratitude to the Wednesday Word