You can watch Fr. Enrique Salvo’s homily from this morning’s Mass at Saint Patrick’s Cathedral here.
Today we celebrate the Presentation of the Lord in the Temple. Because Jesus is the Light of the World, today we bless the candles in churches across the world.
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Cardinal Dolan explains an old custom involving candles and holy water.
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Father Francesco Negri, born in Ravenna, Italy, in 1623, was a natural history and geography buff and longed to discover the secrets of the North.
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The bishop-chairmen were Bishop Edward J. Burns, Bishop Daniel E. Thomas, and Bishop A. Elias Zaidan.