(Luke 2:22-40) Here are two poor people, two old people, and an infant, standing on the portico of the temple. The world is rushing by, the temple was a busy place. There were many important people busily about doing important things. But here in this little tableau, these marginalized and unimportant people were the only ones who recognized the most important thing in all the universe. Other readings for the First Sunday after Christmas: Old Testament: Exodus 13:1-3a, 11-15; Psalm 111 and Colossians 3:12-17.