Simeon's Song

A Christmas Reflection

Luke 2:22-28 is about hope, the hope the Messiah brings. But here that hope lands in two directions: toward the poor (vv. 22–24) and toward the old (vv. 25–38). Before we look at them, we need to define hope. In everyday speech, hope sounds like wishful thinking. “I hope we see them,” meaning we probably won’t. Scripture doesn’t use the word that way. B…