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The feast of the Holy Name of Jesus has been celebrated in the Roman Catholic Church, at least at local levels, since the end of the fifteenth century. [2] The celebration has been held on different dates, usually in January, because 1 January, eight days after Christmas, commemorates the naming of the child Jesus; as recounted in the Gospel read on that day, "at the end of eight days, when he ...
For centuries, Christians have invoked the Holy Name, and have believed that there is intrinsic power in the name of Jesus. [3] [6] [7] In the New Testament accounts, the name was assigned to Jesus by divine command. In Luke 1:31, the angel Gabriel tells Mary "Behold, you will conceive in your womb and bear a son, and you shall name him Jesus."
Pentecost — (Moveable feast) Transfiguration of Jesus — 6 (19) August; Though some sources place the Presentation of Jesus at the Temple among the Great Feasts of Christ, including the above list, these sources are likely incorrect. This feast is most accurately described as a combined Great Feast of the Lord and Great Feast of the Mother ...
The "Feast of the Circumcision of our Lord" is a Christian celebration of the circumcision, eight days (according to the Semitic and southern European calculation of intervals of days) [25] after his birth, the occasion on which the child was formally given his name, Jesus, a name derived from Hebrew meaning "salvation" or "saviour".
The feast is a counterpart to the Feast of the Holy Name of Jesus (January 3). [8] Its object is to commemorate all the privileges bestowed upon Mary by God and all the graces received through her intercession and mediation. [3] The entry in the Roman Martyrology about the feast speaks of it in the following terms:
The Holy Name of Jesus, Manchester, a former Jesuit church in Manchester, UK; Holy Name of Jesus Church in San Francisco; Holy Name of Jesus R.C. Church, a Roman Catholic church in New York City, New York; Santissimo Nome di Maria (disambiguation), multiple churches; Holy Name of Jesus Complex, a church in Massachusetts
The Nativity or birth of Jesus Christ is found in the biblical gospels of Matthew and Luke.The two accounts agree that Jesus was born in Bethlehem, in Roman-controlled Judea, that his mother, Mary, was engaged to a man named Joseph, who was descended from King David and was not his biological father, and that his birth was caused by divine intervention.
January 9 — the Feast of the Jesus Nazareno commemorating the octave conclusion of the traditional feast of Sweetest Name of Jesus (which was the original patronage of Quiapo Church). It is now considered as the national liturgical feast day. Traslacion is the name of the procession commemorating the transfer of the image from Intramuros. [5]