The presentation of Jesus in the temple Luke 2:22 - 40 Rev. Neli Miranda During the past Sundays we have witnessed Jesus’ epiphanies. Today, as we celebrate the fourth Sunday after the Epiphany, we pause in the narrative to witness a special celebration, the presentation of Jesus in the temple. Today’s gospel offers us a touching image of Jesus and his parents in the temple, forty days after his birth. Mary and Joseph, a devout family, bring Jesus to the temple to observe the purification customary for a mother and her child following childbirth. According to the law, a woma...