In the north temperate climatic zones of Europe and the United States one such flower of special significance for Mary Gardeners is the snowdrop or Candlemas Bells, Galanthus nivalis - the first bloom ...

It’s easy to conceptualize the presentation of the Lord because we find it in Scripture. Luke’s Gospel tells of the Holy Family’s journey to the Temple when Jesus was 8 days old. According ...

After 2,000 years of retelling, the Jesus story has too often lost its shocking and revolutionary power. Bear Grylls’ book ...

One has the impression that perhaps 1627 Rembrandt’s Simeon is already speaking his prophecies about Jesus and Mary (vv. 34-35), while 1669 Rembrandt is still on the Canticle of Simeon (vv. 29-32).

Mary’s were the first eyes that gazed lovingly at the beauty of newborn Jesus, the first hands that caressed, fed, clothed, bathed, took care and loved Jesus. At the Presentation in the Temple ...

ACI Prensa Staff, Feb 2, 2024 / 04:00 am. Every Feb. 2, the universal Church celebrates the feast of the Presentation of the Lord. Mary and Joseph bring the newborn Jesus to the Temple, the holy ...

February 2, 2025, the Presentation of the Lord: There is something about the mother-child bond that holds even after death. This fact makes it easier to consider all the ways Mary plays a vital ...

When Joaquin Phoenix took on the role of Jesus in the new film “Mary Magdalene,” he did many of the expected things: Grew long hair, adopted an intense and otherworldly stare, even meditated ...

FILE - Aimee Mandujano, left, as Mary, and Peter Vargas, as Joseph, ride atop a wheeled burro during La Gran Posada procession from Milam Park to San Fernando Cathedral, Sunday, Dec. 20, 2015, in ...

Luke describes Jesus' first appearance in the Temple far more gently. The ritual reason for the visit had less to do with Jesus' dedication to God than with Mary's ritual purification 40 days ...

It’s easy to conceptualize the Presentation of the Lord because we find it in Scripture. Luke’s Gospel tells of the Holy Family’s journey to the Temple when Jesus was 8 days old.