Sunday, 2 February 2014

Candle Mass

Candles Blessed at the start of Mass
Today we celebrated the Feast of the Presentation of the Lord. This morning pupils from the Cathedral Primary School dramatised Gospel with Mary and Joseph coming to present their son Jesus at the Temple. Simeon who had waited all his life for the Saviour sings his song of praise that is prayed in the Night Prayer of the Church.

Nunc Dimitis - Song of Simeon
Fr Stweart Keeley
Left, Fr Stewart in the darkness lit only by candle light at the start of the evening mass, 
Below, the candles of the congregation shining out in the darkness. powerful reminders that Jesus is the Light of the World, who has come to save all nations.

Candles in the congregation