Reflect on Simeon’s testimony and discover Jesus as God’s light for all people, fulfilling humanity’s greatest hope. In the crowded courts of the Jerusalem temple, an elderly man held the greatest hope of the ages in his arms. Simeon had waited faithfully, trusting God’s promise that he would not die before seeing the Messiah. When he looked upon the infant Jesus, Simeon did not see weakness or obscurity—he saw salvation itself. His words remind us that Christmas is not only about a child born in Bethlehem, but about God’s light breaking into the darkness of the world for all people.