ARCHIVE March2025
The Easter Octave
The Easter Octave By Jennifer Gregory Miller From the archives, originally posted March 30, 2016: This is the day the Lord has made; let us rejoice and be glad in it, alleluia! […]
Why Is Purple The Color of Lent?
Why is purple the color of Lent? You’ll find the answer in Christ’s Passion. In our Catholic tradition, purple is the color of the seasons of penance and preparation: Advent and Lent. […]
Why do we Kneel?
Why Do Catholic Kneel Kneeling: Kneeling is the most profound sign of reverence and Roman Catholics kneel at the most sacred points of the Mass. In the United States, Catholics kneel throughout […]
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Lent Interesting Facts
How long is the Easter season? Much like Christmas, Easter is no “one-day” feast. On Tuesday we discussed the octave—the eight days of rejoicing that constitute our Easter and Christmas commemorations. We […]
History of the Rosary
Since the Rosary is composed, principally and in substance, of the prayer of Christ and the Angelic Salutation, that is, the Our Father and the Hail Mary, it was without doubt the […]
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Why Do We Practice Fasting & Abstinence?
Explain that Lent is the 40 days before Easter in which Catholics pray, fast, contemplate, and engage in acts of spiritual self-discipline. Catholics do these things because Easter, which celebrates the Resurrection […]