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<\/a><\/div>\nToday is the Feast of the Presentation of the Lord<\/a>. On this day, Mary and Joseph presented Jesus at the temple, in accordance with Mosaic Law. Our Lord was blessed by Simeon, as witnessed by the prophetess Anna as set forth in the Gospel of Luke<\/a>.<\/p>\n Blessed John Henry Newman wrote a poem commemorating the blessing of the candles, which is also done on this day in the Latin Rite. by John Henry Newman<\/p>\n The Angel-lights of Christmas morn, Comfort of earth is brief at best, And then for eight long weeks and more,
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Candlemas<\/a><\/i><\/b> <\/p>\n<\/a><\/div>\n
Which shot across the sky,
Away they pass at Candlemas,
They sparkle and they die.<\/p>\n
Although it be divine;
Like funeral lights for Christmas gone
Old Simeon\u2019s tapers shine.<\/p>\n
We wait in twilight grey,
Till the high candle sheds a beam
On Holy Saturday.<\/p>\n