Lent begins; and once again we have the opportunity to join together as a parish family to help families and individuals in need. Please consider making one or more of these projects a part of your personal or family’s almsgiving …
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SOLEMNITY
The early Church did not celebrate a particular feast of the Ascension of the Lord. The content of this feast was first very closely associated with the Easter celebration. What probably transpires here are the multiple traditions preserved in …
Read MoreEASTER OCTAVE
The celebration of the Easter week including the following Sunday – called Easter Octave – is attested very early and the first testimonies come from the 3rd / 4th centuries. The chronology of John’s gospel provides scriptural support …
Read MoreDIVINE MERCY
One of the most recent feasts, introduced into the liturgy only in the year 2000 – the Fest of Divine Mercy, immediately gained popularity, showing that people of today search for and are in need of more …
Read MoreEaster Sunday is the third day of the Sacred Paschal Triduum and also the first Sunday of the Easter season. The very first Christian centuries had no liturgical celebration on this day, except the Easter vigil, which only would reach …
Read MoreMEANING OF THE FOOD BLESSING
The blessing of food on Easter probably has its roots in the 3rd century. A cup with milk and honey would be blessed during the liturgy for the newly baptized and distributed between receiving bread …
Read MoreTHE HEART OF THE LITURGICAL YEAR
The liturgy of Easter Night used to be considered the most significant celebration of all. In the course of the Middle Ages, it was gradually moved earlier in the day (anticipated), until it was …
Read MoreHoly Saturday has an a-liturgical character. The Church abstains from the Sacrifice of Mass, with the sacred table left bare, until after the solemn Vigil, that is, the anticipation of the night of Resurrection, when the time comes for paschal …
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The Acts of the Apostles (2:1-41) describe the disciples gathered together on the 50th day after Easter. They receive the Holy Spirit that enables them to talk in different languages. Peter summons the crowds to conversion and baptism; three …
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