The Turtledove

The Lord did not need to be purified, but Mary, His mother, did and this required a pair of turtledoves.
The word is translated 'turtle', this is not a mistake but a translation and refers to the turtledove.

We can learn from this bird under the following three headings:

i) The turtledove and Spring
ii) The turtledove and the Soul
iii) The turtledove and Sacrifice