Saint Athanasius Lutheran Church

When you're looking through some old photo albums -- or today, your Instagram feed -- and you come across some pictures that are out of place, out of order, you know they didn't happen in that sequence but for some reason, there they are... they stick out. The Holy Gospel we heard today is kind of that. But perhaps this is a good "sticking out" for us today. That instead of hearing this story as part of the Christmas story, we hear it as part of Jesus Epiphany story. Where really, I think it fits better. For it tells us of Jesus' epiphany to Simeon and Anna.