Lindemann on Candlemas (Presentation of our Lord/Purification of Mary)
Monday, January 10th, 2011THE PRESENTATION OF OUR LORD ANDTHE PURIFICATION OF THE BLESSED VIRGIN MARY (CANDLEMAS) Originally this was a feast of our Lord and not of the Virgin. Its earliest name was Hypapante (Greek for Meeting), and the reference was to the meeting of our Lord with Simeon. After the ninth century the expanding cult of Mary […]