On today's Feast of the Presentation and the Purification, Christ, the Light of the World, came into the Temple, carried in the hands of His Blessed Mother who, having no need of purification herself, gave to us the One who makes us clean!
So we blessed candles and distributed them to the people....
The candles were lit.....
And we processed, just as Joseph and Mary walked to the Temple.
And the candles remained lit for the Gospel, when the Light of God's Word is proclaimed....
....and while the faithful received the True Body of Christ, the source of Sanctifying Grace which shines our souls.
