The Presentation

Send out your light and your truth that they may lead me and bring to your holy hill and to your dwelling. That I may go the altar of God, 

to the God of my joy and gladness. 

Psalm 43:3-4a

Light and truth, sent to be companions on my either side on this long journey, to both lead and guide me; (You can almost feel the progression of the journey, can't you, like freeze frames of an old movie)  first to God's holy hill. then into God’s dwelling. Once there, to the altar of God and finally to God himself.  

Almighty God, as your only-begotten Son was this day presented in the temple, so may we, at the end of our journeying, be presented to you by Christ out Lord.