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  1. Liturgy and Sacraments

The Mantle and the Shadow of Jesus: The Church, Home of Our Sanctity

Combat, closeness, mission 12/04/2024

When Christ reaches out to us in his Church and lets us touch his mantle, the power that comes out of Him is his own holiness. He transforms us so that we may enjoy "the breadth and length and height and depth" of his heart. Ninth instalment of the "Combat, closeness, mission" series.

Feast of the Presentation of the Lord in the Temple

Recent News 02/01/2022

The feast of Jesus' presentation in the temple forty days after his birth, celebrated on February 2nd, has a long history in the Eastern and Western Church.

A Song of Praise and Love: the "Trium Puerorum"

Fostering Interior Life 03/29/2021

The ‘Trium Puerorum’ is a hymn of praise to God that the Church recommends praying after Holy Mass. The whole of nature is invited to join in this song, which was first sung by three young Jewish men in the Old Testament.

Holy Week: "He Loved Them to the End"

Fostering Interior Life 04/03/2020

"At the heart of the Liturgical year lies the Paschal Mystery, the Triduum of our Lord’s Crucifixion, Death and Resurrection. The whole history of salvation revolves around these holy days."

eBook: "The Time of God's Presence"

Christian Life 11/21/2018

The free eBook “The Time of God’s Presence” can help us make good use of the riches of the liturgy throughout the upcoming year that starts on the first Sunday of Advent.

Feasts of Our Lord during Ordinary Time (II)

Fostering Interior Life 02/22/2018

The Sacred Heart of Jesus, the Transfiguration, the Exaltation of the Holy Cross, and Christ the King are the four feasts of our Lord contained in the second part of this article.

Gathered Together in Communion

Fostering Interior Life 08/25/2017

An article on the first Eucharistic Prayer, the "Roman Canon." "The Roman Canon reminds us that we are at Holy Mass not only with our Lord, but also with people of every place and time."

Lent: Pathway to Easter

Fostering Interior Life 02/08/2016

"During Lent the Church again reminds us of the need to renew our heart and our deeds so that we can rediscover the centrality of the Paschal Mystery, a returning to eternal Love." An article on Christian life.

Feast of the Exaltation of the Holy Cross

Fostering Interior Life 09/13/2023

September 14 is the feast of the Exaltation of the Holy Cross. A brief history of how this feast came to be celebrated in the Church.

Advent: Preparing the Way for the Lord

Fostering Interior Life 11/26/2021

This Sunday is the beginning of Advent, a time to prepare for our Lord's arrival on Christmas. Some resources for drawing as much fruit as possible from this liturgical time.

"Christ is the Protagonist in the liturgy"

From the Church and the Pope 02/03/2021

In his 3 February general audience, Pope Francis continued his catechesis on prayer, speaking about the encounter with Christ in the liturgy.

Like a Great Symphony

Fostering Interior Life 10/31/2019

For the feast of All Saints on November 1, here is an article about honoring the saints throughout the Church's liturgical year.

"All generations shall call me blessed": Our Lady in the Liturgical Year

Fostering Interior Life 03/14/2018

“In celebrating this annual cycle of Christ’s mysteries, holy Church honours with especial love the Blessed Mary, Mother of God, who is joined by an inseparable bond to the saving work of her Son."

Feasts of Our Lord during Ordinary Time (I)

Fostering Interior Life 02/22/2018

The first of two articles focusing on the significance and history of four special feasts in the Church: Presentation of the Lord in the Temple, the Annunciation, the Most Blessed Trinity, the Most Holy Body and Blood of Christ.

Easter: "I have risen and am still with you"

Fostering Interior Life 04/14/2017

"During this time the Church already experiences the joy that our Lord has prepared for us: 'something that no eye has seen, nor ear heard, nor the heart of man conceived.'"

The Visitation

Fostering Interior Life 05/30/2022

On the last day of May, the Church celebrates the feast of our Lady's visitation to her cousin Elizabeth. Some reflections on the canticle Mary entoned to express her great joy: the ‘Magnificat’.

"My good friends the souls in purgatory"

Recent News 10/29/2021

On November 2, All Souls Day, the Church reminds us of the need to pray for those who have died and are now being purified.

Our Lord Jesus Christ, King of the Universe

Fostering Interior Life 11/19/2020

The last Sunday of Ordinary Time is the feast of Christ the King, instituted by Pope Pius XI in 1925 in the context of the growing secularization of the world.

Saints Peter and Paul, Apostles

From the Church and the Pope 06/29/2019

Homily of Pope Francis in St Peter's Basilica on 29 June 2019, Solemnity of Saints Peter and Paul.

Ordinary Time: Sunday, the Lord's Day and Day of Joy

Fostering Interior Life 03/14/2018

"The celebration of Sunday has a festive tone because Christ has conquered sin, and he wants to conquer sin in us."

Christmas Time: The Light of Bethlehem

Fostering Interior Life 12/18/2017

A new article about the Liturgical year. "Jesus Christ, the Incarnate Word, is born to illuminate our path on earth. He shows us the Father’s loveable face and gives us the Holy Spirit."

The Music That Comes from God

Fostering Interior Life 02/15/2017

An article on singing and music in the liturgy. "True liturgical music is prayer; it is liturgy. It does not distract us, nor is it limited to providing us with joyful sensations or aesthetic delight. It helps us to be recollected, to place ourselves in the mystery of God."

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