November 21, 2025
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Memorial of the Presentation of the Blessed Virgin Mary
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Gospel : Luke 19:45-48
45
He entered into the temple and began to drive out those who bought and sold in it,
46
saying to them, "It is written, 'My house is a house of prayer,' but you have made it a 'den of robbers'!"
47
He was teaching daily in the temple, but the chief priests, the scribes, and the leading men among the people sought to destroy him.
48
They couldn't find what they might do, for all the people hung on to every word that he said.
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1 Maccabees 4:36-37, 52-59 **
Purification and Rededication of the Temple.
36
Then Judas and his brothers said, "Now that our enemies have been crushed, let us go up to purify the sanctuary* and rededicate it."
37
So the whole army assembled, and went up to Mount Zion.
52
They rose early on the morning of the twenty-fifth day of the ninth month, that is, the month of Kislev, in the year one hundred and forty-eight,
53
and offered sacrifice according to the law on the new altar for burnt offerings that they had made.
54
On the anniversary of the day on which the Gentiles had desecrated it, on that very day it was rededicated with songs, harps, lyres, and cymbals.
55
All the people prostrated themselves and adored and praised Heaven, who had given them success.
56
For eight days they celebrated the dedication of the altar and joyfully offered burnt offerings and sacrifices of deliverance and praise.
57
They ornamented the facade of the temple with gold crowns and shields; they repaired the gates and the priests' chambers and furnished them with doors.
58
There was great joy among the people now that the disgrace brought by the Gentiles was removed.
59
Then Judas and his brothers and the entire assembly of Israel decreed that every year for eight days, from the twenty-fifth day of the month Kislev, the days of the dedication of the altar should be observed with joy and gladness on the anniversary.
** 1 Maccabees 4:36-37, 52-59
https://bible.usccb.org/bible/1maccabees/4?36
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* World English Bible
https://ebible.org/engwebp/
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