The Feast of the Presentation of the Lord highlights the deep connection between Christianity and its Jewish roots. In Jewish tradition, particularly in the writings of the prophet Isaiah, Israel is ...

"The Presentation in the Temple," by Alvaro Pirez, 1430. (Metropolitan Museum of Art) At the end of the fourth century, a woman named Etheria made a pilgrimage to Jerusalem. When her journal was ...

Sunday, Feb. 2, is the feast of the Presentation of the Lord. Mass readings: Malachi 3:1-4; Psalm 24:7, 8, 9, 10; Hebrews ...

Today’s feast, the Presentation of the Lord in the Temple, marks the end of Christmastide, forty days after Christmas itself. It is one of the most ancient feasts in the liturgical calendar ...

“Whoever loves lives, whoever hates dies,” the pope told pilgrims gathered in St. Peter’s Square on Feb. 2, the feast of the Presentation of the Lord. The Holy Father also renewed his urgent ...

Visit the homepage for more information. Candlemas Day, or the Feast of the Presentation of the Lord, is celebrated each year on the second of February, exactly forty days after Christmas. From about ...

Deacon Greg Kandra provides a reflection on the readings and Gospel for the Presentation of the Lord, Feb. 2, 2025.

The Feast of the Presentation of the Lord celebrates that, from his infancy, Christ was already the one sent by God to save humanity through obedience to God, his Father. To clarify the meaning of ...

The Feast of the Presentation of the Blessed Virgin Mary ... they brought her to the Temple to consecrate their only daughter to The Lord.The celebration of the Feast is first documented in ...

In regard to the feast of February 2, the earlier title of the Presentation of the Lord was restored. 12 Even when this day was known as the Purification of Mary, the focus of the Mass texts had been ...