Easter 2024 is behind us. I hope all readers of this blog had a good Easter. However, it seems clear to me that the meaning of Easter has been completely lost in our hedonistic world. USA Today kicked off its Easter coverage on “Holy Thursday” with a
Learn the origins of Halloween and how we celebrate this day. When Is Halloween? Halloween, traditionally called “All Hallows’ Eve,” is celebrated on the evening before the Christian holy day of All Hallows’ Day or All Saints’ Day (November 1). Therefore, Halloween is always celebrated ...
thinnest during Samhain. This had positive benefits, as it was an ideal time to consider the dead, communicate with the deceased, and also to divine the future. Learn more about this ancient calendar’s ”Quarter Days and Cross-Quarter Days” and why we celebrate holidays the way we do!
Holy Thursday The first of the Easter celebrations, starting onHoly Thursday, will have churches opening their doors and welcoming followers to visit their altars which are elaborately decorated with flowers meant to pay respect to Jesus during his time of death and to celebrate His rebirth. All ...
Even though the Bible doesn’t tell us to celebrate Good Friday, we observe it and call it Good Friday because it was a good day for humankind! God demonstrated his love for us through the perfect sacrifice of Jesus. “But God demonstrates his own love for us in this: While we were ...
On yet another occasion, Jesus explicitly told the Jews: "'I and the Father are one.' Again the Jews picked up stones to stone him, but Jesus said to them, 'I have shown you many great miracles from the Father. For which of these do you stone me?' 'We are not stonin...
According to theGeneral Norms for the Liturgical Year and the Calendar, “Lentis a preparation for the celebration of Easter. For the Lenten liturgy disposes both catechumens and the faithful to celebrate the paschal mystery: catechumens, through the several stages of Christian initiation; the fait...
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It is preferable to celebrate the funeral Mass in the presence of the deceased’s body. To express our love for the deceased, we use prayer and hymns to ask for their soul to be guided into heaven and the embrace of the God almighty. Where it might be inappropriate to hold a Mass in...
Good Friday is on March 29, 2024. Find out here if banks, schools, the post office and more will be open or closed for the holiday.