Fasting During Holy Week Fasting during Holy Week isn’t just about giving something up—it’s about making space for God. For many, it’s a way to step back from distractions and refocus on what truly matters: Jesus’ sacrifice and the incredible love that led Him to the cross. Some ...
In the Roman Catholic Church, Ash Wednesday is a day of fasting. In the sixth century, Christians who had committed grave faults were obliged to do public penance. On Ash Wednesday, they donned a hair shirt (which they wore for 40 days), and the local bishop blessed them and sprinkled t...
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Good Friday is a day of fasting requiring Catholics to refrain from eating meat.Traditionally, there is no Mass and no celebrationof the Eucharist on Good Friday. A liturgy may still be performed and communion, if taken, comes from hosts consecrated on Holy Thursday. Why does the Catholic Chu...
A Guide for Catholics and Non-Catholics There is a lot of talk today about misinformation. This is an understandable concern, as it would be tragic for an entire cohort of people to be misinformed about a serious topic that could have implications for life and death. Indeed, it would be ...
We were a good team. The Deaf community was thrilled everyone supported their community. I have wonderful memories of Balty. I fondly remember when Balty casually commented that women should have rights to become priests. (His predecessor preferred ‘only’ Latin masses and fasting. Truly.) I ...
I’ve been thinking a lot the last few weeks how I would want to celebrate today. My husband says whatever I want to do is what I can do: spend a day with the family, do something with just our daughter, do something alone or with a friend, or just live a normal day where he ...
hellohello everybody; I want to inform you that in Morocco and all muslim country two Thanksgiving feast, the first one in the end of Ramadan(Arab month) after month of fasting from dawn to sunrise every day; With the exception of patients and the elderly, and all who can not fast as...
All that being said, we are a long way from the days of St Mary of the Cross MacKillop. One reason why Catholic schools are costly for parents today (although no where near the cost of other independant schools) is that we no longer have the “cheap labour” force that once supplied ...
On July 1, a day before the Talpa Chapel was dedicated for the use of Padre Martinez, Bishop Lamy wrote a letter advising the clergy of New Mexico of arrival, and shortly afterwards he arrived into Santa Fe. PENITENTE LAND Many of the images within the Chapel were related to the ...