From a 7th century hymn about St. Simeon, attributed to Bishop Timothy of Jerusalem:
Let us recount the virtues of Simeon,
whose name is given in the gospel according to Luke.
He stands both first and last,
in observance a Jew,
in thanksgiving a Christian,
by training a lawyer,
by knowledge of God an ambassador.
This Simeon -
plucked from the ill-fame of old men like a rose from thorns -
became the first to win renown through the gift of grace.
Like a grandfather for the divine child, he sings:
"I have seen the angels dancing,
seen creation leaping for joy,
seen this child make a pathway between heaven and earth.
Now, Lord, let me go home!"
Let us recount the virtues of Simeon,
whose name is given in the gospel according to Luke.
He stands both first and last,
in observance a Jew,
in thanksgiving a Christian,
by training a lawyer,
by knowledge of God an ambassador.
This Simeon -
plucked from the ill-fame of old men like a rose from thorns -
became the first to win renown through the gift of grace.
Like a grandfather for the divine child, he sings:
"I have seen the angels dancing,
seen creation leaping for joy,
seen this child make a pathway between heaven and earth.
Now, Lord, let me go home!"
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