Almighty and everliving God, we humbly pray that, as your only-begotten Son was this day presented in the temple, so we may be presented to you with pure and clean hearts by Jesus Christ our Lord; who lives and reigns with you and the Holy Spirit, one God, now and for ever. Amen.
— Book of Common Prayers
(Photo: Some of the Tuskegee airmen, who endured Jim Crow conditions in society and in the army while helping win World War II)