{"id":11455,"date":"2015-02-02T14:25:46","date_gmt":"2015-02-02T21:25:46","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/nettiesworld.com\/?p=11455"},"modified":"2017-06-28T21:16:07","modified_gmt":"2017-06-29T04:16:07","slug":"feb-2nd-feast-presentation-lord","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/old.adoptedjoy.com\/?p=11455","title":{"rendered":"Feb. 2nd: Feast of the Presentation of the Lord"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em>From<\/em> <em><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.catholicculture.org\/culture\/liturgicalyear\/calendar\/day.cfm?date=2015-02-02\">CatholicCulture.com<\/a>:<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p>Today the Church celebrates the feast of the Presentation of the Lord which occurs forty days after the birth of Jesus and is also known as Candlemas day, since the blessing and procession of candles is included in today&#8217;s liturgy.<\/p>\n<p>According to the 1962 Missal of St. John XXIII the Extraordinary Form of the Roman Rite, today is referred to as the &#8220;Purification of Mary.&#8221; This is known as a &#8220;Christmas feast&#8221; since it points back to the Solemnity of Christmas. Many Catholics practice the tradition of keeping out the Nativity creche or other Christmas decorations until this feast.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<div id='gallery-1' class='gallery galleryid-11455 gallery-columns-3 gallery-size-thumbnail'><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon portrait'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/old.adoptedjoy.com\/?attachment_id=11457'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"163\" height=\"180\" src=\"https:\/\/old.adoptedjoy.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/1_Hans_Holbein_d._\u00c4._-_Darstellung_Christi_im_Tempel_-_Hamburger_Kunsthalle-163x180.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-11457\" srcset=\"https:\/\/old.adoptedjoy.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/1_Hans_Holbein_d._\u00c4._-_Darstellung_Christi_im_Tempel_-_Hamburger_Kunsthalle-163x180.jpg 163w, 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class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-11458\" srcset=\"https:\/\/old.adoptedjoy.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/2_04christ-226x180.jpg 226w, https:\/\/old.adoptedjoy.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/2_04christ-503x400.jpg 503w, https:\/\/old.adoptedjoy.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/2_04christ-1006x800.jpg 1006w, https:\/\/old.adoptedjoy.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/2_04christ.jpg 1030w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 226px) 100vw, 226px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-11458'>\n\t\t\t\tGiotto di Bondone \n\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon portrait'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/old.adoptedjoy.com\/?attachment_id=11459'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"178\" height=\"180\" src=\"https:\/\/old.adoptedjoy.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/3_presentation-of-christ-at-the-temple-178x180.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-11459\" srcset=\"https:\/\/old.adoptedjoy.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/3_presentation-of-christ-at-the-temple-178x180.jpg 178w, https:\/\/old.adoptedjoy.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/3_presentation-of-christ-at-the-temple-396x400.jpg 396w, https:\/\/old.adoptedjoy.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/3_presentation-of-christ-at-the-temple-792x800.jpg 792w, https:\/\/old.adoptedjoy.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/3_presentation-of-christ-at-the-temple-90x90.jpg 90w, https:\/\/old.adoptedjoy.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/3_presentation-of-christ-at-the-temple.jpg 950w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 178px) 100vw, 178px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-11459'>\n\t\t\t\tGiotto\n\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon portrait'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/old.adoptedjoy.com\/?attachment_id=11460'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"136\" height=\"180\" src=\"https:\/\/old.adoptedjoy.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/4_detail0-136x180.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-11460\" srcset=\"https:\/\/old.adoptedjoy.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/4_detail0-136x180.jpg 136w, https:\/\/old.adoptedjoy.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/4_detail0-301x400.jpg 301w, https:\/\/old.adoptedjoy.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/4_detail0-603x800.jpg 603w, https:\/\/old.adoptedjoy.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/4_detail0.jpg 900w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 136px) 100vw, 136px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-11460'>\n\t\t\t\tRussian Icon\n\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/old.adoptedjoy.com\/?attachment_id=11461'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"233\" height=\"180\" src=\"https:\/\/old.adoptedjoy.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/5_Tintoretto-the-presentation-of-christ-in-the-temple-1555-233x180.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-11461\" srcset=\"https:\/\/old.adoptedjoy.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/5_Tintoretto-the-presentation-of-christ-in-the-temple-1555-233x180.jpg 233w, https:\/\/old.adoptedjoy.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/5_Tintoretto-the-presentation-of-christ-in-the-temple-1555-517x400.jpg 517w, https:\/\/old.adoptedjoy.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/5_Tintoretto-the-presentation-of-christ-in-the-temple-1555.jpg 1034w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 233px) 100vw, 233px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-11461'>\n\t\t\t\tTintoretto \n\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/old.adoptedjoy.com\/?attachment_id=11462'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"198\" height=\"180\" src=\"https:\/\/old.adoptedjoy.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/6_04b1-198x180.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-11462\" srcset=\"https:\/\/old.adoptedjoy.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/6_04b1-198x180.jpg 198w, https:\/\/old.adoptedjoy.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/6_04b1-440x400.jpg 440w, https:\/\/old.adoptedjoy.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/6_04b1-880x800.jpg 880w, https:\/\/old.adoptedjoy.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/6_04b1.jpg 1230w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 198px) 100vw, 198px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-11462'>\n\t\t\t\tPieter Coecke van Aelst\n\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/old.adoptedjoy.com\/?attachment_id=11463'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"185\" height=\"180\" src=\"https:\/\/old.adoptedjoy.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/7_Fra_Bartolomeo_007-185x180.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-11463\" srcset=\"https:\/\/old.adoptedjoy.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/7_Fra_Bartolomeo_007-185x180.jpg 185w, https:\/\/old.adoptedjoy.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/7_Fra_Bartolomeo_007-410x400.jpg 410w, https:\/\/old.adoptedjoy.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/7_Fra_Bartolomeo_007.jpg 600w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 185px) 100vw, 185px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-11463'>\n\t\t\t\tFra Angelico\n\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n<p><em><strong>Collect:<\/strong> <\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>Almighty ever-living God, we humbly implore your majesty that, just as your Only Begotten Son was presented on this day in the Temple in the substance of our flesh, so, by your grace, we may be presented to you with minds made pure. Through our Lord Jesus Christ, your Son, who lives and reigns with you in the unity of the Holy Spirit, one God, for ever and ever.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong>Reading 1<\/strong> <\/span><br \/>\n<strong>MAL 3:1-4<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Thus says the Lord God:<br \/>\nLo, I am sending my messenger<br \/>\nto prepare the way before me;<br \/>\nAnd suddenly there will come to the temple<br \/>\nthe LORD whom you seek,<br \/>\nAnd the messenger of the covenant whom you desire.<br \/>\nYes, he is coming, says the LORD of hosts.<br \/>\nBut who will endure the day of his coming?<br \/>\nAnd who can stand when he appears?<br \/>\nFor he is like the refiner\u2019s fire,<br \/>\nor like the fuller\u2019s lye.<br \/>\nHe will sit refining and purifying silver,<br \/>\nand he will purify the sons of Levi,<br \/>\nRefining them like gold or like silver<br \/>\nthat they may offer due sacrifice to the LORD.<br \/>\nThen the sacrifice of Judah and Jerusalem<br \/>\nwill please the LORD,<br \/>\nas in the days of old, as in years gone by.<\/p>\n<p>Responsorial Psalm<br \/>\nPS 24:7, 8, 9, 10<\/p>\n<p>R. (8) Who is this king of glory? It is the Lord!<br \/>\nLift up, O gates, your lintels;<br \/>\nreach up, you ancient portals,<br \/>\nthat the king of glory may come in!<br \/>\nR. Who is this king of glory? It is the Lord!<br \/>\nWho is this king of glory?<br \/>\nThe LORD, strong and mighty,<br \/>\nthe LORD, mighty in battle.<br \/>\nR. Who is this king of glory? It is the Lord!<br \/>\nLift up, O gates, your lintels;<br \/>\nreach up, you ancient portals,<br \/>\nthat the king of glory may come in!<br \/>\nR. Who is this king of glory? It is the Lord!<br \/>\nWho is this king of glory?<br \/>\nThe LORD of hosts; he is the king of glory.<br \/>\nR. Who is this king of glory? It is the Lord!<\/p>\n<p><strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Reading 2<\/span> <\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>HEB 2:14-18<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Since the children share in blood and flesh,<br \/>\nJesus likewise shared in them,<br \/>\nthat through death he might destroy the one<br \/>\nwho has the power of death, that is, the Devil,<br \/>\nand free those who through fear of death<br \/>\nhad been subject to slavery all their life.<br \/>\nSurely he did not help angels<br \/>\nbut rather the descendants of Abraham;<br \/>\ntherefore, he had to become like his brothers and sisters<br \/>\nin every way,<br \/>\nthat he might be a merciful and faithful high priest before God<br \/>\nto expiate the sins of the people.<br \/>\nBecause he himself was tested through what he suffered,<br \/>\nhe is able to help those who are being tested.<br \/>\n<span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong>Alleluia <\/strong><\/span><br \/>\n<strong>LK 2:32<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>R. Alleluia, alleluia.<br \/>\nA light of revelation to the Gentiles,<br \/>\nand glory for your people Israel.<br \/>\nR. Alleluia, alleluia.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong>Gospel <\/strong><\/span><br \/>\n<strong>LK 2:22-40<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>When the days were completed for their purification<br \/>\naccording to the law of Moses,<br \/>\nMary and Joseph took Jesus up to Jerusalem<br \/>\nto present him to the Lord,<br \/>\njust as it is written in the law of the Lord,<br \/>\nEvery male that opens the womb shall be consecrated to the Lord,<br \/>\nand to offer the sacrifice of<br \/>\na pair of turtledoves or two young pigeons,<br \/>\nin accordance with the dictate in the law of the Lord.<\/p>\n<p>Now there was a man in Jerusalem whose name was Simeon.<br \/>\nThis man was righteous and devout,<br \/>\nawaiting the consolation of Israel,<br \/>\nand the Holy Spirit was upon him.<br \/>\nIt had been revealed to him by the Holy Spirit<br \/>\nthat he should not see death<br \/>\nbefore he had seen the Christ of the Lord.<br \/>\nHe came in the Spirit into the temple;<br \/>\nand when the parents brought in the child Jesus<br \/>\nto perform the custom of the law in regard to him,<br \/>\nhe took him into his arms and blessed God, saying:<\/p>\n<p>\u201cNow, Master, you may let your servant go<br \/>\nin peace, according to your word,<br \/>\nfor my eyes have seen your salvation,<br \/>\nwhich you prepared in the sight of all the peoples:<br \/>\na light for revelation to the Gentiles,<br \/>\nand glory for your people Israel.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The child\u2019s father and mother were amazed at what was said about him;<br \/>\nand Simeon blessed them and said to Mary his mother,<br \/>\n\u201cBehold, this child is destined<br \/>\nfor the fall and rise of many in Israel,<br \/>\nand to be a sign that will be contradicted<br \/>\n\u2014and you yourself a sword will pierce\u2014<br \/>\nso that the thoughts of many hearts may be revealed.\u201d<br \/>\nThere was also a prophetess, Anna,<br \/>\nthe daughter of Phanuel, of the tribe of Asher.<br \/>\nShe was advanced in years,<br \/>\nhaving lived seven years with her husband after her marriage,<br \/>\nand then as a widow until she was eighty-four.<br \/>\nShe never left the temple,<br \/>\nbut worshiped night and day with fasting and prayer.<br \/>\nAnd coming forward at that very time,<br \/>\nshe gave thanks to God and spoke about the child<br \/>\nto all who were awaiting the redemption of Jerusalem.<\/p>\n<p>When they had fulfilled all the prescriptions<br \/>\nof the law of the Lord,<br \/>\nthey returned to Galilee, to their own town of Nazareth.<br \/>\nThe child grew and became strong, filled with wisdom;<br \/>\nand the favor of God was upon him.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Or <\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>LK 2:22-32<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>When the days were completed for their purification<br \/>\naccording to the law of Moses,<br \/>\nMary and Joseph took Jesus up to Jerusalem<br \/>\nto present him to the Lord,<br \/>\njust as it is written in the law of the Lord,<br \/>\nEvery male that opens the womb shall be consecrated to the Lord,<br \/>\nand to offer the sacrifice of<br \/>\na pair of turtledoves or two young pigeons,<br \/>\nin accordance with the dictate in the law of the Lord.<\/p>\n<p>Now there was a man in Jerusalem whose name was Simeon.<br \/>\nThis man was righteous and devout,<br \/>\nawaiting the consolation of Israel,<br \/>\nand the Holy Spirit was upon him.<br \/>\nIt had been revealed to him by the Holy Spirit<br \/>\nthat he should not see death<br \/>\nbefore he had seen the Christ of the Lord.<br \/>\nHe came in the Spirit into the temple;<br \/>\nand when the parents brought in the child Jesus<br \/>\nto perform the custom of the law in regard to him,<br \/>\nhe took him into his arms and blessed God, saying:<\/p>\n<p>\u201cNow, Master, you may let your servant go<br \/>\nin peace, according to your word,<br \/>\nfor my eyes have seen your salvation,<br \/>\nwhich you prepared in the sight of all the peoples:<br \/>\na light for revelation to the Gentiles,<br \/>\nand glory for your people Israel.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>From CatholicCulture.com: Today the Church celebrates the feast of the Presentation of the Lord which occurs forty days after the birth of Jesus and is also known as Candlemas day, since the blessing and procession of candles is included in today&#8217;s liturgy. 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