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Legend states that Valentine, along with St. Marius, aided the Christian martyrs during the Claudian persecution. In addition to his other edicts against helping Christians, Claudius had also issued a decree forbidding marriage. In order to increase troops for his army, he forbade young men to marry, believing that single men made better soldiers than…

Forty days after the birth of Christ, Mary complied with the precept of the Mosaic law for purification after the birth of a child. She redeemed her first-born from the temple (Numbers 18:15) and was purified by the prayer of Simeon the just, in the presence of Anna the prophetess (Luke 2:22.). No doubt this…

Ordinary Time is the period in the Church calendar outside of other major seasons, and runs 33 or 34 weeks. In Latin, Ordinary Time is called Tempus Per Annum ("time throughout the year"). The season falls between Christmas and Lent, and also between Easter and Advent. It focuses on celebrating the entirety of Christ's person.   If…

“Behold the lamb of God, he who takes away the sin of the world!” (John 1:29). With the feast of the Baptism of the Lord we have entered the liturgical season that we call “ordinary” time. On this second Sunday, the Gospel presents to us the scene of the meeting between Jesus and John the Baptist…