Sunday 2nd February Holy Eucharist for Candlemas, the Presentation of Christ 11.30am🕯️

for 1 hour
St George's Church, Málaga
Avenida de Pries 1 Málaga, 29016, Spain

According to Luke’s gospel, Mary and Joseph took the baby Jesus to the Temple in Jerusalem 40 days after his birth – both to complete Mary's ritual purification, but also to present their firstborn son to the Lord, in accordance with Jewish custom. Luke explicitly says that they opted for the route prescribed for poorer people, of sacrificing turtle doves or young pigeons while the more wealthy would sacrifice a lamb.

At the Temple they met the elderly prophet Simeon, who had been promised he would see the Lord's Christ before he died. He told Mary that her son would cause “the falling and rising of many in Israel”, a reference to how people would differ in their response to Jesus.

In the Spanish speaking world this feast is more usually referred to as ‘Candelaria’, or in English, ‘Candlemas’. This name derives from the custom of blessing and distributing candles in procession before the celebration of Mass on this day.

The picture shows the Candlemas procession in Cartagena, Colombia, February 2014

St George's Church, Málaga

WELCOME TO ST GEORGE'S CHURCH THIS EASTERTIDE 🌾

At Easter, and for the five weeks afterwards, we celebrate the the Resurrection of our Lord Jesus Christ.

When Jesus died on Good Friday, his disciples scattered - confused, fearful, without direction, without a future. But the absence of a body on Easter Sunday was altogether different. Now they saw Jesus everywhere – in the garden, on the road to Emmaus, as they fished, as they gathered together. And not as some spooky ghost of the past, but as the recognisable presence of the Son of God, risen from the dead. This is what we are celebrating this Eastertide – our God, real, alive, recognisable and present.

Martin Luther wrote: “Our Lord has written the promise of resurrection, not in books alone, but in every leaf in springtime”. He has also written that promise on every human heart.

Listen to Surrexit Christus, an Easter song from the Taizé Community in France.

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Sunday 2nd February Holy Eucharist for Candlemas, the Presentation of Christ 11.30am🕯️

for 1 hour
St George's Church, Málaga
Avenida de Pries 1 Málaga, 29016, Spain

According to Luke’s gospel, Mary and Joseph took the baby Jesus to the Temple in Jerusalem 40 days after his birth – both to complete Mary's ritual purification, but also to present their firstborn son to the Lord, in accordance with Jewish custom. Luke explicitly says that they opted for the route prescribed for poorer people, of sacrificing turtle doves or young pigeons while the more wealthy would sacrifice a lamb.

At the Temple they met the elderly prophet Simeon, who had been promised he would see the Lord's Christ before he died. He told Mary that her son would cause “the falling and rising of many in Israel”, a reference to how people would differ in their response to Jesus.

In the Spanish speaking world this feast is more usually referred to as ‘Candelaria’, or in English, ‘Candlemas’. This name derives from the custom of blessing and distributing candles in procession before the celebration of Mass on this day.

The picture shows the Candlemas procession in Cartagena, Colombia, February 2014

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