Candlemass

Candlemass February 2, 2012
Tonight at my parish we celebrated Candlemass in Spanish.  In Mexico, it is traditional to bring a baby Jesus statue dressed in baby clothes to be presented at the church and be blessed, calling to mind how Mary and Joseph took Jesus to be presented at the Temple forty days after his birth.  Also, it is traditional in Mexico that the person who got the baby in the King Cake on Epiphany provides the tamales for today’s celebration.
The turnout was much higher than I expected, about 140 people, which was great.  We began in the narthex and processed around the Church singing in the dark before beginning Mass.  We finished the evening with exposition of the Blessed Sacrament.

 

 

 

 

 

 

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