| 2 Sunday | |
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| white | The Presentation of the Lord | Feast |
| 24th World Day of Consecrated Life (est. 1997) |
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Mass of the feast; Gloria, preface of the feast. |
| | [524] Mal 3:1-4; Ps 24:7-10; Heb 2:14-18; Lk 2:22-40 or Lk 2:22-32.
2 readings on weekdays. |
| | Hours of the feast; Te Deum |
| The blessing of candles takes place as
indicated in the Roman Missal. This is followed by a procession
or solemn entrance and is concluded with the Gloria and opening
prayer. The penitential act is omitted. |
| | | For weekdays following, use Week 4 of the Psalter.
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| [RM] | Traditionally on this day, we remember from Scripture the Presentation of Jesus in the Temple (cf. Lk 2:22-40) [from the Roman Martyrology]. |
| Anniversary: | 135th anniversary of the death of F. Alfred Allen (34) d. 1885 at Pandamatenga, Botswana.  |
| Anniversary: | 98th anniversary of the death of F. Francis de Sadeleer (77) d. 1922 at Arlon, Belgium. |
| Anniversary: | 67th anniversary of the death of F. James Mulroy (47) d. 1953 at Makumbi, S. Rhodesia. |
| Anniversary: | 13th anniversary of the death of P. Desmond Dale (78) d. 2007 at Harare, Zimbabwe. |
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