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Post by Eric Gajewski on Nov 21, 2016 14:54:15 GMT
TradCatKnight: The Presentation of the Blessed Virgin Mary(by Father Francis Xavier Weninger, 1876)
Today's festival is called the Presentation of Mary, because on this day Joachim and Anna, the holy parents of the Blessed Virgin, consecrated their little daughter to the divine service in the temple at Jerusalem, and Mary consecrated herself to the Almighty. At that time, there were two ways of consecrating children: one was ordained by the law, which required every male child to be offered to God, forty days, and every female child, eighty days after its birth. This ceremony was called the consecration of the child and the purification of the mother. tradcatknight.blogspot.com/2016/11/the-presentation-of-blessed-virgin-mary.html#more
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