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Thursday of the 33rd Week in Ordinary Time Memorial of the Presentation of the Blessed Virgin Mary; a non-Biblical source tells us that Ann and Joachim presented Mary to God in the temple when she was 3, to carry out a promise made to God when Anna was still childless; the feast emphasizes that the holiness conferred on Mary from the beginning of her life on earth continued through her early childhood and beyond Office of Readings and Morning Prayer for 11/21/24 Gospel: Luke 19:41-44