Under the first four stanzas of the Litany of our Lady of Loreto are the phrases: “Holy Mary”, “Holy Mother of God”, “Mother of Christ”. Today, we...
Category - Catholicism
MAY DEVOTION: UNDERSTANDING THE MARIAN TITLES IN THE LITANY OF LORETO. DAY 1: INTRODUCTION
Many Catholics usually say the Litany of Our Lady after the Rosary, but few are well aware of the great theological and symbolic values of their...
WHY THE CHURCH DOES NOT SAY/SING ALLELUIA IN LENT, AND WHAT EXACTLY SHOULD REPLACE ALLELUIA IN THE GOSPEL ACCLAMATION?
For some time now, I had been receiving similar messages from different persons privately, requesting to explain the reason why the Catholic Church...
ARE CATHOLICS OBLIGED TO FAST OR PRACTICE ABSTINENCE ON FRIDAY OF THE OCTAVE OF EASTER?
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...
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 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...
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...
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 CROWD OF PALM SUNDAY ≠ THE CROWD OF GOOD FRIDAY
I grew up with the understanding that the crowd who cheered Jesus with shouts of “Hosanna” on Palm Sunday was the same crowd who shouted: “Crucify...
Greetings to you all, my dear friends in Christ! Palm Sunday (Passion Sunday) is here again for the Year 2020. Virtually every Christian understands...