
This above photo of Saints Anne, Simeon held baby Jesus, Joseph & Mary
I read Leviticus 1:2 USCCB
2Speak to the Israelites and tell them: When any one of you* brings an offering of livestock to the LORD, you shall bring your offering from the herd or from the flock.
Question Who brings sacrifices?
Answer:
USCCB Footnote Any one of you: women as well as men bring sacrifices …..
USCCB
https://bible.usccb.org/bible/leviticus/1
I researched and love this:
Catholic Answers
Question:
At the Presentation, why did Mary make a sin offering (Lk 2:24, Lv 12:8) if she was without sin?
Answer:
For the same reason Jesus was baptized by John, though he had no sins to repent. Mary fulfilled the Law.
According to Leviticus 12:2-8, a mother was purified forty days after the birth of a son, and she was required to offer a lamb as a burnt offering and a young pigeon or turtledove as a sin offering. A poor woman could substitute another pigeon or turtledove for the lamb, thus offering two of them.
The purification had to do with ritual uncleanliness and didn’t imply a moral fault in childbirth. As Jesus would later, Mary fulfilled all the precepts of the Law, which, clearly, wasn’t written to make allowances for a sinless man (the Messiah) or his sinless mother.
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