A Day of Light: Candlemas Celebrates the Light of the World
In an often-dreary February, the feast of the Presentation brings illumination.
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A Catholic Guide to the Traditional 40 Days of Christmas
COMMENTARY: May we follow Mary’s ‘sweet example’ in adoring the Child until Feb. 2.
Christmas: When Does it End?
Candlemas is still observed with public, Christmas-esque celebrations throughout the world, including in Peru, Puerto Rico, France, and Belgium.
Pope Francis on Feast of Presentation: Learn from the Patience of Simeon and Anna
Pope Francis offered Mass on Feb. 2 on the World Day for Consecrated Life, which has been celebrated each year on the feast of the Presentation of the Lord for the past 25 years.
Pope Francis: The World Needs Catholics Who Go Out and Proclaim Jesus
For the feast of the Presentation of the Lord, Pope Francis reflected on the day’s Gospel passage, which speaks of Joseph and Mary bringing the child Jesus to be consecrated in the temple.
What’s Happening at the Presentation of the Lord?
Forty days after his birth, Christ was presented at the Temple. Why?
A Feast with Three Names is Here for a Triple Celebration
For many centuries, we have a triple celebration on one day, Feb. 2. It once marked the official close of the Christmas season.
The Presentation: An Offertory of ‘The Light of the Nations’
Just as Jesus gradually reveals God to us, so the Christmas feasts that culminate in the Presentation also point to offertory.
Candlemas and Four English Martyrs
In London on Feb. 2, 1601, a group of recusant Catholics (who refused to attend Church of England services) gathered in a rooming house to commit a crime: celebrate and attend Holy Mass.
Waking Up the World Through the Year for Consecrated Life
COMMENTARY: This is the first of a five-part series.
