I am Father Chris Alar here at the National Shrine of the Divine Mercy for a special edition of explaining the faith.

We are super glad you could join us.

We're here on an important topic that we hear often about in the Bible, which is the presentation of Jesus,

meaning the presentation in the temple. But we're going to talk about something different today, which is the presentation of Jesus, meaning the presentation in the temple.

But we're going to talk about something different today, which is the presentation of Mary

and what we need to know and what is often misunderstood.

This is actually something that will help you greatly in your own spiritual life, and we'll

explain that.

But let us first begin with a prayer. In the name of the Father, and to the Son,

and of the Holy Spirit. Amen. Heavenly Father, we ask you send the Holy Spirit down to open our

hearts to receive your grace. We ask Mother Mary that you wrap your mantle around us.

And through the intercession of the saints,

we ask that you, Lord Jesus,

be walking with us in our journey,

and God, that you give us all the mercy

that we need to persevere in the spiritual life.

And we ask all this through Christ, our Lord. Amen.

In the name of the Father, end of the Son, and to the Holy Spirit.

Amen.

Well, thank you again, everybody, for being with us.

You know, it's kind of confusing trying to understand the church calendar and certain days and liturgically,

changes that have been made, and we're going to explain something that I think will help you to better understand a little bit of that.

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