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This Sunday, at the end of the Church’s liturgical year, the readings describe the enthronement of the victorious Christ as King in Heaven in all His glory.

Today we celebrate the Memorial of the Presentation of the Blessed Virgin Mary, the day her parents brought her to the Temple and dedicated her to the Lord.

When she spoke, her conversation was with the salt of wisdom. When she was silent, her silence was filled with good thoughts.

There’s a surprise at the start of this week’s mass: an Introit that isn’t from the Psalms. It is from Jeremiah 29:11–14. This powerful and affirming passage is a part of a letter Jeremiah writes to the exiles in Babylon - the Hebrews who have been taken from their own land and are now living in a foreign place.

Certainly the saints can seem remote. Most of the saints—even the best known—have names that sound strange to our ears. It seems they lived centuries ago in places we will never visit. And yet, this week, we have the opportunity to reflect on a saint who is very close to us, not only in terms of when she lived her life, but where, as well—here in the United States.