Nov 21 – Presentation of the B.V.M.
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It’s the Feast of Presentation of the B.V.M., 3rd Class, with the color of White. In this episode: the meditation: “The Certainty of Death”, today’s news from the Church: “Roundabout or Church? A Choice Must Be Made”, a preview of this week’s episode of The Catholic Mass #33: “Solution to the Crisis”, and today’s thought from the Archbishop.
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Sources Used Today:
- “The Certainty of Death ” – Death, Judgment, Heaven, and Hell: Meditations on the Four Last Things by St. Alphonsus de Liguori
- “Roundabout or Church? A Choice Must Be Made” (FSSPX.news)
- “Solution to the Crisis” (SSPX Podcast)
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- The Spiritual Life – Archbishop Lefebvre (Angelus Press)
The Feast of the Presentation of the Blessed Virgin Mary invites us into one of the most cherished traditions of Christian imagination: the moment when the young Mary was brought by her parents, Saints Joachim and Anne, to the Temple in Jerusalem and offered entirely to God. The story does not appear in Scripture, but it comes from ancient Christian writings and early liturgical tradition. For centuries, the Church has treasured it not as biography in the modern sense, but as a window into Mary’s vocation. It shows her as the one who belonged to God even before she spoke her fiat to the angel.
By the fourth century, Christians in Jerusalem were already celebrating this feast. They gathered at the great basilica built near the Temple site and reflected on Mary as the living sanctuary who would one day bear the presence of God in her womb. Over time, both East and West embraced the celebration. The Eastern Churches honored it as one of their major feasts, calling it a mystery of joy and preparation. The West added it to the universal calendar much later, seeing in Mary’s presentation a symbol of the soul’s offering to God.
The feast highlights something tender and profound: the idea that Mary grew up in an atmosphere of prayer, shaped by love and silence, learning to listen for God long before the angel came to her home in Nazareth. Christian tradition portrays her as a child who walked with innocence toward the Temple, joyfully ascending its steps. Early icons show priests welcoming her, lamps glowing, and Mary standing small yet resolute in the vast sanctuary. The scene reflects what the Church has always believed about her. She was entirely God’s from the beginning, and her freedom was rooted in that belonging.
In medieval Europe, the feast on November 21 was celebrated with candle processions, music, and prayers asking for purity of heart. Monasteries treated it as a special day of renewal, when young novices made or renewed their dedication to God. In many places, families gathered for evening prayers and lit candles in their homes, recalling the light of Mary entering the Temple.
The Presentation of Mary is ultimately a feast about readiness. It shows us a child walking toward God with trust, preparing for the moment when she would say yes for all of us. It reminds us that grace works quietly over years, shaping hearts that learn to listen.
Holy Mary, presented in the Temple and wholly given to God, pray for us!
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