Candlemas and the Glory of the Lord
All Things Catholic with Dr. Edward Sri
Ascension
5 • 1.2K Ratings
🗓️ 4 February 2020
⏱️ 16 minutes
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Summary
On Candlemas, Catholics celebrate the Feast of the Presentation of Jesus and bless the candles that will be used in the Church's liturgical life throughout the following year. Reflecting on the prophesy of Simeon that we read in Scripture on this great feast, Dr. Sri explains how Jesus’ Presentation marks a climactic moment in all of Salvation History.
Today’s episode draws amazing connections between God’s “glory” in the Old Testament, Jesus’ incarnation in the New Testament, and Christ’s continued real presence in the Holy Eucharist.
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| 0:00.0 | Hi, I'm Edward Sree, and welcome to all things Catholic where real faith meets real life. |
| 0:07.0 | This past Sunday the Catholic Church celebrated a wonderful feast, the feast of the |
| 0:18.4 | presentation of our Lord, also known as candle mass, and I love this liturgy and I was so excited that we were able to have it for the Sunday liturgy to do it with the larger parish community and I don't know if you experience this at your parish, but the tradition is to have a great procession |
| 0:34.8 | with candles being lit in the back of the church |
| 0:36.8 | and then a procession in to the church |
| 0:38.7 | with all the candles. |
| 0:39.8 | That's why we call it candle mass. |
| 0:41.4 | But why do all this attention? Why do we have all this |
| 0:44.4 | attention on light and candles and what's the significance of this and why is |
| 0:49.4 | this feast day so important? I think sometimes we as Catholics we might think you know |
| 0:53.7 | well Easter and Christmas those are really important days and maybe |
| 0:56.8 | Ascension in Pentecost but the presentation of Jesus I mean yeah he's a 40-day-old |
| 1:01.8 | baby being presented to the temple. I guess it's an important day, |
| 1:05.2 | but is it really that important? Do we need all this extra ritual and symbolism on this feast day? |
| 1:10.7 | What's the meaning of this day? I would actually argue that the |
| 1:14.0 | presentation of the Lord, that moment when Jesus was brought to the temple as a |
| 1:19.2 | 40-day-old baby, was a turning point in the history of the entire world. It's not just a climactic |
| 1:26.6 | moment in Jesus's life, it's really a climactic moment in salvation history in the Bible. |
| 1:32.4 | And I want to bring us in on that today. So welcome to the |
| 1:35.1 | all things Catholic podcast. I'm your host, Edward Sree, and I have just |
| 1:39.9 | returned really I just got back from the Holy Land. Well, maybe not the Holy |
| 1:45.0 | Land of Israel, but the Holy Land of Cajun Country down in Louisiana. It was |
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