Syméon

Syméon or Siméon or Simon is a character of the Évangile according to saint Luc who appears at the time of the Présentation to the Temple of Jesus de Nazareth. He had been informed by the Holy Spirit which he would not die before to have seen the Christ. He sings a canticle of thanksgiving, the Nunc dimittis, and announces with Marie that she will know the suffering.

“And here, there was in Jerusalem a man called Siméon. This man was right and pious, it awaited the consolation of Israel, and the Holy Spirit was on him. He divinement had been divinement informed by the Saint Spirit whom he would not die before to have seen the Christ of the Lord. He came to the temple, thorough by the Spirit. And, as the parents brought the Jesus small child to achieve in his connection what the law ordered, it accepted it in his arms, blesses God, and known as: Now, Lord, you leashes your servant from to go away in peace, according to your word. Because my eyes saw your safety, Salut which you prepared in front of all the people, Lumière to clarify the nations, And glory of Israel, your people. His/her father and his mother were in the admiration of the things which one said of him. Siméon blesses them, and known as with Marie, her mother: Here, this child is intended to bring the fall and the raising of several in Israel, and with becoming a sign which will cause contradiction, and with yourself a sword will transpierce you the heart, so that the thoughts of much of hearts are revealed” (LLC 2,34-35).

----

Random links:

Syméon

Related articles