A personal litany of thanksgiving on the Feast of the Lord's Presentation – Catholic World Report
Nun at the prayer vigil for consecrated life in St. Peter's Basilica, Jan. 28, 2016. (Credit: Alexey Gotovskiy/CNA) This Feast of the Lord’s Presentation in the Temple has been observed for many years now as an occasion to acknowledge the contributions of Religious to the life of the Church. That day was chosen by Pope John Paul II precisely because on that day the Infant Christ is proclaimed as a “light for the nations” and the late Holy Father – along with the whole Church – saw Religious as particularly responsible for bearing that light of Christ to the Church and to the world, ...
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