February 2 marks the Presentation of Jesus in the Temple. St Bede wrote of Christ as the Temple itself A sublime if slightly rubbed illumination stands at the start of the Gospels in the Codex ...

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

January 12 Baptism of Lord Jesus ... February 2 Candlemas – Christian Christian celebration of the presentation of young Jesus in the temple to the aged Simeon. New beginnings are recognized. Candles ...

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Indeed, even after the 12 days leading up to Epiphany and the final day of the Christmas season honoring the Lord’s baptism ... also known as Candlemas, is the last day in the calendar tied ...

The story of Simeon's recognition of the Lord continues the theme of manifestation that is seen at Epiphany and the Baptism ... The name Candlemas comes to us from England and refers to the custom of ...

Lumen Ad revelationem gentium. Look kindly, Jesus, where we come, New Simeons, to kindle, Each at Your infant sacrifice his own life's candle. And when Your flame turns into many tongues, See how the ...

The origins of Groundhog Day date back to German settlers in the 1800s and the celebration of the Christian festival of Candlemas, held on Feb. 2. Candlemas is the midpoint between the Winter ...

Copyright 2025 The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved. In what has become an annual tradition that marks the end of the Christmas holiday period at the Vatican ...

Amen. All stand for the Collect Let us pray. Eternal Father, who at the baptism of Jesus revealed him to be your Son, anointing him with the Holy Spirit: grant to us, who are born again by water and ...

"This is my beloved Son, in whom I am well pleased" (Matthew 3:17). This verse is from the Gospel of Matthew, one of the three synoptic Gospels in the New Testament of the Bible, and is about the ...

Pope Francis on Sunday celebrated the feast of the Baptism of the Lord by baptizing 21 babies in the Vatican’s Sistine Chapel and praying the Angelus with pilgrims in St. Peter’s Square.