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Today, November 21st is:
The Feast of the Presentation of the Blessed Virgin Mary
The Feast of the Presentation of the Blessed Virgin was first celebrated
by the Greeks in about the eighth century and was not adopted by the
Roman Catholic Church until the later Middle Ages; no one is quite sure
when this festival was first introduced. As related in the apocryphal
Book of James, it commemorates the presentation of the three-year-old
Mary in the Temple to consecrate her to the service of God. Many have
confused this festival with the Feast of the Presentation of Christ in
the Temple, otherwise known as CANDLEMAS. From Holidays, Festivals, and Celebrations of the World Dictionary |
Quotation of the Day
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Opinions Bertrand Russell "The opinions that are
held with passion are always those for which no good ground exists;
indeed the passion is the measure of the holder's lack of rational
conviction. Opinions in politics and religion are almost always held passionately."
From Respectfully Quoted
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