Blessed Virgin Mary
Image Courtesy: St. Paul Street Evangelization
(CNA) “Religious parents never fail by devout prayer to consecrate their children to the Divine service and love both before and after their birth,” writes EWTN and today’s Feast commemorates the presentation of the Blessed Virgin as a child in the temple. Tradition holds that all young Jewish girls were left in the care of the temple for a period of time, during which they were educated.
The Feast day originated in Asia, probably about the 7th century and is found in the constitution of ‘Manuel Comnenus’ (1166) as a recognized festival. — It was introduced in the Western Church in the 14th century. Pope Pius V, struck it from the calendar however Pope Sixtus V later reestablished the Feast in 1585
The Church Commemorates:
- Virgin Mary Mother of God (01 January)
- Feast of the Visitation of the Blessed Virgin Mary (31 May)
- Feast of the Nativity of the Blessed Virgin Mary (08 September)
- Feast of the Solemnity of the Immaculate Conception (08 December) emphasizing the holiness conferred on Mary from the beginning of her life on earth, continued through her early childhood and beyond.
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