gave rise, I saw, indeed, no such sparkling joy in nature as I sometimes see at holy Christmas-tide. Then the joy as an interior signification. But yet, I saw extraordinary gladness, and in many places, even in the most distant regions of the world, something marvelous on that midnight....
Confucius a state religion has been created; the trinity (San-ts’ai), Heaven, Earth, and Man, is represented by the emperor, T’ien-tze, Son of Heaven, the high-priest of the cult, who pays his homage to heaven at the winter solstice at midnight and to earth at the summer ...
c.f. midnight Mass readings Isaiah 9:The people that walked in darkness has seen a great light. On those who live in a land of deep shadow, a light has shone. For the yoke that was weighing on them, the rod of their oppressor, you have broken and removed. For there is a child ...
It was in this chapel that on June 13, 1929 A.D., (the feast of St. Anthony of Padua) during a holy hour from 11 o’clock to midnight, Sr. Lucy received the famous apparition of the Holy Trinity and Our Lady, who told her it was the exact time for the Holy Father (Pius XI)...
It could be a “Healing Mass,” or a “Children’s Mass,” or even a “Liturgical Dance Mass” (pardon me if I shudder). It may not even be in your language. So many Masses we now have! …. except Latin Masses. “All are welcome!” in Francis’s new church; all except ...
Weekday Mass 6:30am 7:00am Saturday Mass 6:30am 7:00am Sunday Mass 6:15am 7:00am 8:00am Opening Hours 8:30am – 10:30 pm Monday – Friday 2:00pm – 5:00pm So, 4:00pm on Sunday is the only time for English catholic church Mass service at St. Joseph’s Church. It i...
Part 3 (airs on September 27 at midnight) begins in the early 20th century when the archdiocese was at its zenith to the present day’s declining numbers. Although the documentary focuses on the city of Philadelphia, it follows the arc of the Catholic story and its history in the United ...
Mass, SACRIFICE OF THE.—A. The Dogmatic Doctrine of the Mass.—The word Mass (missa) first established itself as the general designation for the Eucharistic Sacr...
We’d flown to Las Palmas, in the Canary Islands, a 4 and half hour hop each way and had to ensure that the flight departed before midnight, when the airport closed. Having landed at around 10.30, it was therefore a pretty tight turnaround to get everyone disembarked, the aircraft ...
The first was at midnight according to the words of the Gospel: At Midnight there was a cry made, Lo, the Bridegroom cometh! But this first coming is long since past for Christ has been seen on the earth and has conversed among men. We are now in the second coming, provided only ...