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12:05pm, 2 February- Feast of the Purification of the Blessed Virgin Mary

11:40am. Blessing & distribution of candles. Procession inside. brief homily after dismissal. Our Lady was surrounded by angels on this day, forty days after her miraculous birth of the Savior of mankind, as she approached the Temple in Jerusalem, obedient to the Law of Moses. More on The Wilton diptych: https://youtu.be/Z2Zmmx0u-gE

It’s ‘-gesimatide’, ya’ll !

SEASON OF SEPTUAGESIMA DOCTRINAL NOTE. – The Season of Septuagesima, with which the Paschal cycle begins, starts at once on the theme which is to form the subject of the liturgy of Lent and Eastertide – the passage of humanity from the state of decadence and slavery in which it had been placed by sinContinue reading “It’s ‘-gesimatide’, ya’ll !”

1 February- Septuagesima Sunday

Davenport, Holy Family: High Mass, 11:00am. Confessions & Rosary before Mass; Holy Face devotion & Fellowship Meal in Hall after Mass Iowa City, St Patrick: Low Mass with hymns, 2:30pm. Rosary & Confessions before Mass. Potluck after Mass. Today you may bring candles to the sacristy to be blessed tomorrow before Candlemas (11:40am, Monday) YouContinue reading “1 February- Septuagesima Sunday”