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  3. The Feast of the Presentation

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  5. The Feast of the Presentation of Christ in the Temple

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  1. The Feast of the Presentation

    The Feast of the Presentation. According to the Church's liturgical calendar, the feast held on Feb. 2 each year is in honor of the Presentation of the Lord. Some Catholics recall this day as the feast of the Purification of the Blessed Virgin Mary because such was the feast day named until the 1969 changes in the Church's calendar.

  2. The Feast of the Presentation of the Lord (Candlemas)

    The Original Date of the Presentation . Originally, the feast was celebrated on February 14, the 40th day after Epiphany (January 6), because Christmas wasn't yet celebrated as its own feast, and so the Nativity, Epiphany, the Baptism of the Lord (Theophany), and the feast celebrating Christ's first miracle at the wedding in Cana were all celebrated on the same day.

  3. Presentation of the Lord

    This feast day celebrates both the Presentation of Jesus in the Temple, as well as the Purification of Mary, which was required by the Mosaic Law forty days after the birth of a child. The Church celebrates the feast of the Presentation of the Lord on February 2, also called Candlemas for the custom of using lighted candles. In the early Church ...

  4. Feast of the Presentation of the Lord

    Forty days after Christmas, the Church celebrates the Feast of the Presentation of the Lord, an event that the evangelist Luke recounts in Chapter 2 of his Gospel. In the East, the celebration of this feast dates back to the 4 th century. By the year 450, it was called The Feast of the Meeting of the Lord because Jesus enters the Temple and ...

  5. Presentation of Jesus

    The Presentation of Jesus is an early episode in the life of Jesus Christ, describing his presentation at the Temple in Jerusalem.It is celebrated by many churches 40 days after Christmas on Candlemas, or the "Feast of the Presentation of Jesus".The episode is described in chapter 2 of the Gospel of Luke in the New Testament. Within the account, "Luke's narration of the Presentation in the ...

  6. Feast of the Presentation of the Lord

    Feast of the Presentation of the Lord: Almighty ever-living God, we humbly implore your majesty that, just as your Only Begotten Son was presented on this day in the Temple in the substance of our ...

  7. Why We Celebrate the Feast of the Presentation of the Lord

    On February 2, we observe the Feast of the Presentation of the Lord, honoring Jesus Christ's presentation in the Temple when he was a young child. ... On this day, we also reflect on the gift of consecrated life. While the momentary satisfaction of selfish living ultimately leads to emptiness, living a life of holiness, dedicated to God's ...

  8. Feast of the Presentation of the Lord

    February 2: Presentation of the Lord—Feast. As faithful Jews who obeyed the Law of Moses, Mary and Joseph performed two ritual acts that the law prescribed after the birth of the firstborn son—Mary's ritual purification and Jesus' dedication. The Presentation of the Lord is celebrated forty days after Christmas, marking the day that ...

  9. Presentation of the Lord

    Saint of the Day for February 2. The Story of the Presentation of the Lord. At the end of the fourth century, a woman named Etheria made a pilgrimage to Jerusalem. Her journal, discovered in 1887, gives an unprecedented glimpse of liturgical life there. Among the celebrations she describes is the Epiphany, the observance of Christ's birth ...

  10. The Presentation of the Lord: a symbol of the Messiah's embrace

    For this reason, the Church counts 40 days after Christmas Day (Dec. 25) to the feast of the Presentation of the Lord on Feb. 2. The prophecies of Simeon and Anna

  11. Feast of the Presentation of the Lord 2022

    Pope Francis said this in his homily during Mass in Saint Peter's Basilica on Wednesday afternoon, 2 February [2022], Feast of the Presentation of the Lord, and World Day of Consecrated Life…. The following is the English text of the Pope's homily. Two elderly people, Simeon and Anna, await in the Temple the fulfilment of the promise that ...

  12. Candlemas

    Candlemas, also known as the Feast of the Presentation of Jesus Christ, the Feast of the Purification of the Blessed Virgin Mary, or the Feast of the Holy Encounter, is a Christian feast day commemorating the presentation of Jesus at the Temple by Joseph and Mary.It is based upon the account of the presentation of Jesus in Luke 2:22-40.According to the Old Testament rules in Leviticus 12, a ...

  13. Presentation of Mary

    Presentation of Mary. The Presentation of the Blessed Virgin Mary, known in the East as The Entry of the Most Holy Theotokos into the Temple, is a liturgical feast celebrated on November 21 [1] by the Catholic, Eastern Orthodox, and some Anglo-Catholic Churches. The feast is associated with an event recounted not in the New Testament, but in ...

  14. Feast of the Presentation of the Lord

    2 February 2010. Today is the Feast of the Presentation of the Lord. We processed in with lit blessed candles earlier. And the light of our blessed candles symbolizes Christ, Who is the Light of the World. It symbolizes the Infant Savior, Who entered into the temple with Mary and Joseph. God, our Father, Who is the Source of all light, revealed ...

  15. Liturgical Year : Prayers : Feast of the Presentation of the Lord

    Catholic Prayer: Feast of the Presentation of the Lord: Blessing of Candles and Propers of the Mass for the Feast of the Presentation, Ordinary Form show Prayer Categories (1)

  16. Presentation of Christ to the Temple

    This feast, celebrated on February 2, is known in the Orthodox Church as The Presentation of Christ in the Temple. Another name for the feast is The Meeting of our Lord. Roman Catholic and Protestant Christians call the feast, The Purification of the Holy Virgin. About 450 AD in Jerusalem, people began the custom of holding lighted candles during the Divine Liturgy of this feast day.

  17. A Sunday Feast: the Presentation of the Lord

    This Sunday, February 1, 2020, will be the celebration of the Feast of the Presentation of the Lord, also known as the Purification of Mary or Candlemas. This feast of our Lord supersedes the ...

  18. The Presentation of the Lord

    Explain that this feast day's Gospel is a reading for the Feast of the Presentation of the Lord, which is celebrated on February 2. Pass out copies of the Scripture reading and ask a volunteer to read aloud verses 25-28 and 33-34a; another to read Simeon's words: verses 29-32 and 34b-35; and one to read about Anna: verses 36-40.

  19. The Feast of the Presentation of the Lord

    The Feast of the Presentation of the Lord. The feast of the Presentation of the Lord takes place 40 days after Christmas: Feb. 2. According to Jewish law, if the firstborn child was a male, the infant would be given, or consecrated, to God. The parents would also make a sacrificial offering of either a lamb or two turtledoves.

  20. The Presentation of the Lord: A Symbol of the Messiah's Embrace

    Pope Francis celebrates Mass for the Feast of the Presentation of the Lord in St. Peter's Basilica, Feb. 2, 2022. ... the Church counts 40 days after Christmas Day (Dec. 25) to the feast of the ...

  21. Presentation of the Blessed Virgin Mary

    Saint of the Day for November 21. The Story of the Presentation of the Blessed Virgin Mary. Mary's presentation was celebrated in Jerusalem in the sixth century. A church was built there in honor of this mystery. The Eastern Church was more interested in the feast, but it does appear in the West in the 11th century.

  22. Feast of the Presentation of the Blessed Virgin Mary

    The Feast of the Presentation of the Blessed Virgin Mary, celebrated annually on November 21st, commemorates the presentation of the Blessed Virgin as a child by her parents in the Temple in ...

  23. Presentation of the Virgin Mary

    Feast of the Annunciation. Presentation of the Virgin Mary, feast celebrated in the Roman Catholic and Eastern churches on November 21. It was held in the Eastern church in the 6th century but did not become widely accepted in the West until the 15th century. The pope St. Pius V (1566-72) suppressed it, but in 1585 Pope Sixtus V reestablished ...