As you may have read, I am organizing a Spirit, Mind and Body Health Show on Febrary 2nd, where I live. I was speaking to one of the exhibitors yesterday and she asked if I knew that Feb 2 is a spiritual holy day or did I plan it that way. I had no idea what she was talking about so she told me that Feb 2nd is Candlemas. I decided to look it up and here is some of what it says about it.......
I thought it was pretty cool that I randomly chose (or did I) this day:
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In modern life many people may not be aware that on February 2 we celebrate an ancient feast, common to the Church of both East and West, which is mentioned clearly in Leviticus and Luke.
February 2 is "Candlemas" in many churches and is the day for observing the ritual purification of Mary forty days after the birth of Jesus as well as the presentation of Jesus in the Temple in Jerusalem (see Luke 2:21-40). The day has pagan roots and was a Christian adaptation of the older practices for this midwinter festivity from which we get our "Groundhog Day." Since the presentation was also the purification of Mary (40 days after childbirth), the church developed ritual practices known as the "Churching of Women" (see additional notes at bottom of page) or "Thanksgiving of Women after Childbirth." The following is an explanation
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Seven days after Christmas, January 1, is the feast of our Lord's circumcision
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Thirty three days after that, February 2 is the feast of his being offered in the Temple, the purification of the Virgin Mary. So Candlemass is fourty days after the birth of Jesus.
This day also used to have great significance in the rural calendar, because the date lies half way between the winter solstice and the spring
equinox, so it marks the day upon which winter is half over! . It is a time of the year which naturally forms a transition period in winter - there is a sense
in which thank God we are moving on into brighter and better days.
http://www.thisischurch.com/christianinfo/candlemass.html
I wonder if this is why I'm getting messages from one of my last minute exhibitors about the Spirit, Mind and Body Health Show. He's told me that the
show has an energy, a life of it's own now and that when we have our meeting before the show, we need to align ourselves and come into vibrational harmony.
He said that many beings will be at this get together and most definitely at the show. He's also told me that I need to call in the Archangels and
release this event to them.
All this information has me more excited but I also have to say a little nervous...does that make any sense at all? LOL
Blessings,
Koula
