Is All Souls’ Day a day of holy obligation? No, it is not. And it shouldn’t be confused with All Saints’ Day, which is indeed a day of holy obligation. What countries is All Souls’ Day celebrated in? Other than the U.S. and Canada, just some other countries that celebrate the...
Today is All Saints Day or All Hallows, a holy day of obligation for some. To others, it's just the day after Halloween -- a day they forget was once merely All Hallows Eve. Some spend All Hallows recovering from the revelry of the night before, and some are still on the streets i...
It's a holy day of obligation Roman and Eastern Catholics are obliged to attend church services on this day. It's combined with Mother's Day Costa Rica and certain parts of Belgium celebrate the Assumption of Mary and Mother's Day on the same date. Why Assumption of Mary (Spain) is Im...
The feast is observed as a holy day of obligation by Catholics and as a public holiday in many predominantly Catholic countries.Pope Benedict XVI will celebrate the feast mass at the Basilica of St. Mary Major in Rome, Italy.Traditionally celebrated with great solemnity in all churches, Marian...
— to realize that this Saturday is the feast of the Immaculate Conception,which is always a Holy Day of Obligation in the United States, even if it falls on a Saturday or a Monday. So yes, we have an obligation to go to Mass twice this weekend. ...
Look to the present disorders of thy life; tremble, and hasten to apply a remedy."-St. Bernard of Clairvaux Note:A Catholic is obliged to attend Holy Mass each Sunday and Holyday of Obligation. This isnotpossible for themajorityof true Catholics during this prophesied (byOur Lady of La Sa...
34 Think carefully about what is right, and stop sinning. For to your shame I say that some of you don’t know God at all. RESPONSIBILITY We have a righteous responsibility to be alert, and sober when we serve Jesus. We have a moral and spiritual obligation to do the right thing. ...
Because our whole family ate together at least once a week, Thanksgiving was not significant as a gathering. It was significant because it fell on a Thursday. And it wasn’t, as so many other holidays were, linked to the church or in any way a holy day of obligati...
And at this moment let us not forget our moral duty to use the “hands of Esau.” Israel's moral obligation is to eliminate terror with unwavering might, without endangering our soldiers. We must protect ourselves. Every synagogue, every school, every Jewish center, and every Jewish community...
This holy book contains a meditation for each day of the Lenten Season (from Septuagesima Sunday to Holy Saturday). Here is today's meditation for the Saturday after Quinquagesima Sunday from The Prince of Theologians: Lamentation Group Chapel left of High Altar, Church of Madonna del ...