CANDLEMAS DAY
Ancient sources talk about The Fortieth Day of the Birth of our Lord Jesus Christ. Since January 6 was originally celebrated as the day of birth, the 40th day fell on February 14. Once the celebration of …
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Following the Roman calendar from 1969, the Christmas season goes from the day of Christ’s nativity until the Sunday after Epiphany. The celebration of the Christmas Day extends through the next 8 days (octave). Saints commemorated during this period (St. …
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In his motu proprio of 30 September 2019, Aperuit illis, Pope Francis has declared that the Third Sunday in Ordinary Time is to be devoted to the celebration, study, and dissemination of the word of God.
We are to …
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BEGINNING OF THE LENTEN SEASON
… Read MoreThe annual observance of Lent is the special season for the ascent to the holy mountain of Easter. Through its twofold theme of repentance and baptism, the season of Lent dispose both the catechumens and
LET US PRAY FOR THE UNITY OF CHRISTIANS
The feast of Conversion of Saint Paul is an ecumenical feast. It is celebrated not only by Catholics but also by many Protestant Christians.
The feast first appears in the Gallo-Frankish liturgy …
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FEAST DAY
The baptism of the Lord was originally associated with Epiphany, but eventually, it received its own feast day (January 9, this year).
The baptism of Jesus is on his part the acceptance of his mission as God’s suffering …
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SOLEMNITY
Epiphaneia or theophaneia (revelation, divine revelation) were the earliest names of this feast in the first Christian centuries. The current Roman liturgy calls it Epiphany of the Lord and it is also known as the Feast of the Three …
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SOLEMNITY
The Roman Empire celebrated the beginning of the New Year with wanton festivities, ceremonies, and gifts. The Church tried to counteract as attested by the words of St. Augustin
… Read MoreThey will be giving new-year’s gifts, you should give alms.
SOLEMNITY
A relatively recent feast was motivated by the veneration of the Holy Family in the 19th cent. Canada. It spread under enthusiastic support of the pope Leo XIII (1878-1903) and Benedict XV.
Unlike most other liturgical feast days that …
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FEAST
King Herod feared – based on the report of the wise men from the East – there was a dangerous throne pretendant among the newly born children of Bethlehem (Matt 2:1-12). Thus, he let kill all the boys under …
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