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 ...
The idea of blood sacrifice, the sacrifice of an animal or animals to a deity, does not appeal greatly to our tastes. It feels somehow primitive and inappropriate. And yet, the account we have just ...
Candlemas is a radiant feast. What’s not to love about a candle-lit procession, gorgeous renditions of Nunc dimittis, and a story about two people coming to the Temple to give thanks for the birth of ...
The presentation of Jesus is traditionally the 40th day after Christmas (Luke 2:22-40). It brings back to us some Christmas themes while touching already on some of Lent. The Temple is God’s dwelling ...
OUR readings from Hebrews and Malachi draw out the meaning of this feast of light, as the Christ-child comes in both humility and judgment. The epistle emphasises his humility. To “make a sacrifice of ...
CANDLEMAS marks the close of the liturgical movement from Advent through Christmastide to the Epiphany season. Simeon hails the Christ-child as “a light for revelation to the Gentiles”. Yet his ...
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