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What is Pentecost?
After Easter Sunday, Christmas is the second-greatest feast in the Christian liturgical calendar, but Pentecost Sunday is not far behind. Coming 50 days after Easter and ten days after the Ascension of Our Lord, Pentecost marks […]
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 […]
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 […]
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. […]
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The Story of Our Lady of Sorrows
For a while there were two feasts in honor of the Sorrowful Mother: one going back to the 15th century, the other to the 17th century. For a while both were celebrated […]
Pray to End Racism – Franciscan Media
There is a long history of praying the rosary for a variety of causes. Many people have prayed for peace, for life, for healing, even for victory in battle. Let us never […]
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 […]