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(A blessed feast to all our readers! In 1997 Pope Saint John Paul II declared this ancient feast of the Presentation – also known as Candlemas – as the World Day for Consecrated Life, with the Christ-child ‘offered’ to God the Father. Whatever our own path and vocation, may we too give ourselves completely to God, through Our Lady, Saint Joseph and all the saints. Here is the homily of the great Pontiff on that solemn occasion over a quarter of …