1 John 2:12-17 / Luke 2:36-40 (2023)
I don't think that I have ever heard of anyone saying that growing old is fun.
Children might say that they can't wait to grow up but we know better.
Most of us here are not that old. But if we are 84 years old, do we think we will still come for the weekday morning Mass. Or evening Mass for that matter of fact.
Old age brings about a set of challenges and problems.
But the fact is that every age and stage of life brings about a set of challenges and problems.
The prophetess Anna whom we heard about in the gospel had her share of challenges and problems in every stage of life.
She had been married, been widowed and now at 84 years old, she was a symbol of mellowness, a person of prayer and an instrument of God.
She was able to recognize the Saviour even though He was just a baby.
As we advance in age, let us mellow our lives into the Spirit of God, let us be persons of prayer and in the midst of life's challenges and problems, let us be instruments of God by showing others the saving love of God.