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What a beautiful combination of celebrations we have today—First we have the Purification of Mary which actually is related to the Presentation of the Child Jesus in the Temple—and somehow somewhere inside all of that is the Feast of Candlemas—or Candelaria in Spanish where we bless the candles that we will use for the year as well as candles for home use. On this day many people—(as if to signal the end of their families Christmas season) will bring their Baby Jesus to church for a blessing. I have seen it only since coming to St. Odilo, the children rock the Baby Jesus in a crib and sing a lullaby. Then they will take their Nino home put Him away for the year. […]
July 23, 2013
Fr. Anthony Brankin
Just the other day we celebrated the Fourth of July. And I am sure all over the country it was a wonderful Celebration. Even the [Church’s] calendar for the feast days gets into the act and celebrates Independence Day for about 5 pages worth of prayers and prefaces and […]
Feast of the Sacred Heart, 2013
Fr. Anthony Brankin
You might remember twenty years ago that in the movie, Star Wars, the characters would constantly say to one another “may the force be with you.” This of course was the Hollywood way of teaching everyone that very smart humans would be allowed to believe […]
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February 9, 2014 Fr. Anthony Brankin