PRESENTATION OF THE LORD : ENLIGHTENING OUR PATH TO SALVATION............

Though God made Man, sharing Human Nature yet Co-Eternal God, the Presentation of the Lord Jesus in the Temple by His parents Mary and Joseph, illuminates the path of possibility to Redemption and Salvation, that can lead every believer on Earth by the Light of Christ to the Kingdom of God. It is a sign that in Christ Jesus the Lord can be discovered the fulfillment of the Law and the Prophets, that underscored His Divine, Messianic, mission to reconcile and reunite Humankind everlastingly with the Supreme and Immemorial God of All Creation. Catholic-Christian congregations bless church liturgical candles today used throughout the year in what is traditionally called, "Candlemas Day". The very candles used at altars and in the sacred mysteries and sacramental, prayerful, celebrations of Living Faith. As you bear Witness to your Faith in Jesus Christ as the essential, effervescent, eternal, Light of the Holy One who was Presented to God, being God; and to whom we, seeking to become more like God, have the need and opportunity to Present ourselves as enlightened Disciples............Fr. Troy