he received Him in his arms and blessed God and said:
Be glad in the Lord and rejoice, you righteous ones; and shout for joy, all you who are upright in heart!
And He took them up in His arms, put His hands on them, and blessed them.
He took a child and set him in their midst. And when He had taken him in His arms, He said to them,
And Mary said: “My soul magnifies the Lord,
Immediately his mouth was opened and his tongue was loosed, and he spoke and praised God.
“Blessed be the Lord God of Israel, for He has visited and redeemed His people,
The shepherds returned, glorifying and praising God for all the things they had heard and seen, as it had been told them.
Led by the Spirit, he came into the temple. And when the parents brought in the Child Jesus, to do for Him according to the custom of the law,
“Lord, now let Your servant depart in peace, according to Your word;
This report was good in the eyes of the Israelites, and the Israelites blessed God. They decided not to make war against the descendants of Reuben and Gad to ruin the land in which they lived.
