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Devotees of the Blessed Virgin Mary will offer special prayers, light candles, and recite the holy rosary on Monday, Nov. 21, in celebration of the Feast of the Presentation of the Blessed Virgin Mary in the Temple of Jerusalem, which is believed to be the beginning of the preparation for Mary’s mission and destiny as the Mother of Jesus Christ.The Marian feast is observed by the Catholic Church, Orthodox Churches, and some Anglo-Catholic Churches.
According to accounts, Saints Joachim and Ann, the parents of the Blessed Mother, who had been childless, offered Mary at the young age of three, to God in thanksgiving and to consecrate her to the Lord as promised. Mary remained in the temple serving and helping the priests until her engagement to Joseph.
Pope Emeritus Benedict XVI refers to the cloistered religion as “the heart of the Church which pumps life to the rest of the Body of Christ.” Saint John Paul II initiated the observance of ‘Pro Orantibus’ Day in 1997.
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