The liturgical year of the Roman Catholic church is often referred to as the Year of Grace, meaning that people should celebrate their unbounded love of God at all times in all places. The year begins ...
In addition to these, feast days are also celebrated throughout the year. By celebrating the liturgical year, a Catholic is celebrating the life and mystery of Christ. The day of Christ ...
Those of us who have experienced the death of a loved one, even if we believe that she or he has gone to a better place, ...
Many Advent customs involve counting the days until Christmas begins, such as the secular use of a chocolate advent calendar. There are different readings on each of the four Sundays leading up to ...
Then there is an entering into liturgical year, which is meant to permeate every day of our lives. The Liturgy of the Hours, which follows the liturgical year, can help us to this. Our prayer life ...
We often overlook this point, reflecting on the specific religious content of our liturgical cycles but not on their very form: an annual calendar, a daily schedule. Ways to mark the time that passes ...
Youngsters dressed as aliens, pumpkins, ghosts and more as they took to the streets with their jack-o’-lanterns. ...
The Priest divests him (her) that comes to be illuminated of robes and shoes and faces him (her) eastward, barefoot and clad in a single garment, hands down. Then, breathing thrice on his (her) face ...
WARSAW, Poland (AP) — It’s the time of year — tradition says — when the veil between the worlds of the living ... a somber ...
Less than a week after the bishop of Jefferson City, Missouri, blacklisted a dozen liturgical hymns, he rescinded the decree.
Cardinal Luis Antonio Gokim Tagle will be on island on Nov. 27 to celebrate Mass, the Archdiocese of Agana announced in a ...