In the 1957 edition of the Raccolta (Manual of Indulgences approved by the Church), it says: “The faithful who, between three o’clock of Good Friday and noon of the following day (Holy Saturday), spend some time in devout meditation or offer some prayers, either in public or in ...
Years ago, a faithful member of my congregation sidled up to me after Communion and cracked, “The service was great, but the portions were small.” I laughed. And then I didn’t. So, let me ask, what’s up with equal-sized portions, little cubes of pre-cut bread, precisely measure...
God blessed them, and God said to them, ‘Be fruitful and multiply, and fill the earth and subdue it; and have dominion over the fish of the sea and over the birds of the air and over every living thing that moves upon the earth.’ God said, ‘See, I have given you every plant ...
Visiting Adam in the garden in the cool of the day. God was not some mystical entity that Adam and Eve must suffer for or build statues for. God came to them, right there in the garden and the wording implies that he did this every day during the “cool of the day.” Even from t...
In the 1957 edition of the Raccolta (Manual of Indulgences approved by the Church), it says: “The faithful who, between three o’clock of Good Friday and noon of the following day (Holy Saturday), spend some time in devout meditation or offer some prayers, either in public or in ...