FRIDAY OF THE PASSION OF THE LORD
BIBLICAL BACKGROUND
Good Friday is the day of the crucifixion and death of Jesus. Jesus is first arrested, interrogated in front of the Sanhedrin, handed over to Pilat, ridiculed and condemned to death, …
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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 feast day (January 8, this year).
The baptism of Jesus is on his part the acceptance of his mission as God’s suffering Servant …
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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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EARLY ADVENT MASS WITH LIGHT PROCESSION
Rorate, caeli, de super (Isa 45:8) Shower, O heavens, from above
These words of the biblical antiphone used in the liturgy during Advent gave name to the traditional Rorate mass, originally a votive Mass …
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