Candlemas is a feast day or celebration within the Catholic Faith that is very much rooted in Jewish Traditions. So much of the Catholic customs can be traced back to Jewish observances. This makes sense since the first Christians were Jews and the first Catholic Pope was a fishman named Peter.
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A Humble Feast for a Holy Man
Why do saints exist? Are they inventions of the Catholic Church? Are Saints even real? All very good questions.
Continue reading “A Humble Feast for a Holy Man”Humility and Conversion
How is it that two similar words can have such vastly different meanings. Humility is nothing like humiliation. Humiliation is imposed by others from without. Humility is cultivated from within.
Continue reading “Humility and Conversion”To Seek of Our Lady of Altagracia
Today is the feast day of our Lady of Altagracia, Our Lady of Grace. In some parts of the world, especially in the Dominican Republic or neighborhoods with a large Dominican population, this feast day is a Holiday.
Continue reading “To Seek of Our Lady of Altagracia”It’s International Hot-n-Spicy Day
And it’s also a Friday, so you know what that means – something from the sea. Thought we’d really go on an adventure – to Costa Rica. Personally I’ve never been except in my dreams.
Continue reading “It’s International Hot-n-Spicy Day”What a Blessed and Beautiful Sunday
In the secular world, Christmas is but a single day. Wow, so much work for just a day of celebration! Many Catholics celebrate the full 12 Days of Christmas. While others still see the Christmas Season as ending with the Baptismal of the Lord.
Continue reading “What a Blessed and Beautiful Sunday”Our Lady of New Orleans
There are countless reasons why I love my faith as I do. Not to put any other Christian denominations down, but Catholic (meaning Universal) is the original Christian Faith. Our first duly appointed Pope was a fisherman named Simon, later called Peter by Christ Himself.
Continue reading “Our Lady of New Orleans”Guided By a Star
My mother was born and raised in the Philippines. Her mother was Filipino with just a splash of Chinese. Her father was a Blue-eyed Spaniard. Much of the Philippines reflected Spain’s influence from the Catholic Faith to traditions.
Continue reading “Guided By a Star”Epiphany Sunday and More
Growing up Catholic made me feel special in a way. My faith was woven into the very fabric of my life. God ever present was comforting. It still is, but I wonder about the generations to come.
Continue reading “Epiphany Sunday and More”Blessed Be This Day
Within the Catholic Faith are Holy Days of Obligation, days outside of Sundays that Catholics attend Mass. While I don’t know how many Days there were in the beginning, in 1642 Pope Urban reduce it to just 36. Then in 1917 the Vatican listed 10 days in addition to Sundays that fell under the Code of Canon Law as Days of Obligation.
Continue reading “Blessed Be This Day”And Tears Fell from Heaven
Throughout the world Catholics will celebrate the Holy Family today. Their feast day is December 30, but often is moved to the closest Sunday thus allowing more of the faithful to attend. When this happens, the actual feast day normally celebrated on December 28 is all but forgotten.
Continue reading “And Tears Fell from Heaven”Saint John and the Christmas Season
While God does not work in Poetic Justice the way we think of Poetic Justice, there is something just in the fact that Saint John is the only Apostle whose feast day is within the Christmas Season. He was the youngest of the Chosen, and the only one to remain at the foot of the cross.
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Today is the 2nd Day of the Christmas Season. It is the Memorial Feast of Saint Stephen. It is also a Friday. Every Friday throughout the year is approached as a mini Good Friday. While fasting is not required, abstinence and penance is.
Continue reading “As the Season Continues”It’s Christmas Morning!
For the life of me I cannot recall Christmas Morning traditions as a child. There were the squeal of delight accompanied the flurry of ribbons, bows and colorful paper ripped from packages and tossed aside. Santa always managed to bring us something special even when times were tight.
Continue reading “It’s Christmas Morning!”Eggnon on Christmas Eve
Here we are all together for Christmas Eve’s blessed morning. It’s always a quiet morning for us. All the secular activities of the season are behind us now. We can enjoy a simple breakfast, perhaps take a stroll, then have a quiet dinner before Midnight Mass.
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