The Holy Meeting (Hypapante) of Our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ (Part I)

When the forty (40) days prescribed by the law of Moses for the purification of the mother of a newborn son were accomplished (Leviticus 12:2-4), the All-Holy Mother of God and Saint Joseph brought the Child Jesus to Jerusalem to present Him to the Lord. For every first-born, belonging by right to the Lord (Exodus 13:15), had to be consecrated to Him in the Temple and be, in a way, exchanged for the offering in sacrifice of a yearling lamb or, for poor families, of two turtle-doves or two pigeons (Leviticus 12:8).