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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The feast of the Conception of Mary by St. Anne has been celebrated in the Eastern Church on December 9 since the 7th century. This feast spread over southern Italy to …
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Andrew, brother of Simon Peter, son of Jonas is mentioned multiple times in the New Testament. He came from Betsaida, but worked and lived in Capernaum on Lake Galilee as a fisherman. He belong to the first disciples …
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Pope Pius XI introduced a Feast of Christ the King in 1925, commemorating 1600 years since the celebration of the Ecumenical Council of Nicea (325). It is a doctrinal feast day: it does not celebrate an event of salvation, …
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The Church was built by emperor Constantine on the property that used to belong to a wealthy Roman family called Lateran, which donated it to the Church. It was consecrated by Pope Sylvester I. The basilica was additionally …
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