In my previous articles, I explained how Ash Wednesday, Good Friday and other Fridays of the year are known as penitential days in the Catholic Church, and as a result...
Author - Chinaka Justin Mbaeri
Catholic Article, Catholicism
WHY THE CATHOLIC CHURCH DEMANDS ABSTINENCE FROM MEAT ON ASH WEDNESDAY AND GOOD FRIDAY FROM A SCRIPTURAL AND CULTURAL PERSPECTIVE
Abstinence from meat on Ash Wednesday and Good Friday must be understood as the Catholic Church Law. However, it must be noted that this Church’s law on abstinence from...
Catholic Article, Catholicism
ON THE GRAVITY OF EATING MEAT ON GOOD FRIDAY AND OTHER FRIDAYS OF THE YEAR
From the 1983 Code of Canon Law (CIC) 1249: The divine law BINDS all the Christian faithful to do penance each in his or her own way. In order for all to be united among...
YOUR WEEPING SHALL COME TO AN END It is natural to see people grieve and weep as a result of the demise of a loved one. The thoughts of how lovable, caring, amiable, etc...
On Easter Octave, we experience the same joy that took over our hearts on the Sunday of the Lord’s Resurrection. For this reason, the Liturgy of the coming days...
Dear friends in the risen Christ, the resurrection of Jesus attests to his divinity, as St. Paul tells us: “If you declare with your mouth, ‘Jesus is Lord,’ and believe...
Holy Saturday is the day of the “great silence”. It begins on the night of Good Friday, with the stone that rolls to seal the tomb of the Lord, and ends with...
Catholic Article, Catholicism, Weekday Homilies/ Reflections
GOOD FRIDAY SERMON: HIS DEATH – OUR REDEMPTION
It is common to hear the expression “Christ died on the cross for us”, but what does it mean? How did the redemption of the sins of humanity through the death of Our...
Feasts/Memorials of Saints, Mass Reflections, Weekday Homilies/ Reflections
PASCHAL TRIDUUM: REFLECTION FOR MAUNDY THURSDAY/HOLY THURSDAY (EVENING MASS OF THE LORD’S SUPPER)
Dear friends in Christ, with today being Holy Thursday (or Maundy Thursday as it is traditionally called), we have successfully stepped into the most important and...
SPY WEDNESDAY First Reading: Isaiah 50:4-9 Responsorial Psalm: Ps. 68(69):8-10,21-22,31,33-34 Gospel Reading: Matthew 26:14-25 ___________________________________...
