The Feast of the Nativity of the Blessed Virgin Mary was celebrated at least by the sixth century, when St. Romanos the Melodist, an Eastern Christian who composed many of the hymns used in the [...]
CORPUS CHRISTI, TX (Catholic Online) – Most of the time, we need constant reminders of the immense gifts that God continually bestows upon us. The Eucharist is an immense miracle, but [...]
WASHINGTON, DC (Catholic Online) – Thursday was the traditional date for the Feast of the Ascension of the Lord, forty days after the resurrection. In some Roman Catholic provinces, the [...]
The Ascension does not mark the end of Jesus’ relationship with the Church but the beginning of a new way of His relating to the world, in and through the Church ‘Today our Lord Jesus [...]
VATICAN CITY (Catholic Online) – Amongst the events during Jesus’ earthly life, His ascension into heaven must number amongst those that arouse most interest. Without understanding [...]
The pasyon is a verse narrative about the life and suffering of Jesus Christ. The verses are structured in five-line stanzas, with each line containing eight syllables. The pasyon is commonly [...]
Spanish in origin, the two words is literally translated to ‘church visit’. It is the tradition of old Christian world of going to seven churches during Maundy Thursday. Apparently originating [...]
Triduum rituals Lent comes to an end before the evening Mass of the Lord’s Supper on Holy Thursday. That liturgy begins the Triduum, the great Three Days that celebrate the central mystery [...]
Stations of the Cross I Am There Norman Haskell “Each meditation is divided into two parts. In the first, you are witness to the action of the Station, while the second considers a possible [...]