FEBRUARY 2: THE PURIFICATION OF THE BLESSED VIRGIN AND THE PRESENTATION OF THE CHILD JESUS ​​IN THE TEMPLE

Adorn, Zion, your dwelling, and receive Christ the King; embrace Mary, who is the heavenly gate, for she brings the King of glory, of the new light. The Virgin pauses, holding in her hands the Son conceived before the dawn; and Simeon, taking him in his arms, proclaims to the nations that he is the Lord of life and death, and the Savior of the world.